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| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 07:19:43 AM
Nancy Gartenman mentioned tthaat she found this book at the thrift shop and I knew I had a copy of it somewhere. Got it out last night and stayed up late.
It is very richly written. Sometimes I have to stop and just think about the beautiful sentence I just read.
I highly recommend
Michele
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| melody |
Posted - Mar 29 2012 : 11:49:04 AM
One of my very favorites too! The 1945 movie directed by Elia Kazan was excellent!
There is something so inspiring about a story of a young girl growing up in a hardscrabble borough of New York at the turn of the century-It's a real classic!
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Mar 29 2012 : 09:37:47 AM
One of my favorite all time books. Ever. I have the original copy that I neglected to take back to the A.M Yealey library (sshhhh!!!) at the age of 10.
I plan on giving it to my daughter when she is of age to understand the power in those words. When I lived in a craptastic area of Brooklyn as a 19 year old, I looked everyday to see a bit of green and found one weed tree in the courtyard that was my "tree" and my hope that reminded me of home.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
| frannie |
Posted - Mar 29 2012 : 09:34:51 AM
i love this book too, so glad nancy jo mentioned it . it takes place in brooklyn about the time that my moms mother was living there, but they had lost their parents and two big families of children, the lyons and the collins children helped raise eachother. wish i could read that book.
love
frannie in texas
farmgirl sister#807
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 2:29:20 PM
Michele, glad you are reading it.And that you like it. Its a good one.
Nancy Jo
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| DeniseMGM |
Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 2:15:27 PM
Yes, it's a classic. I still think of their nailed-down coffee can savings in the closet, hidden from the father!
Denise - Farmgirl #1976
www.lionsdaughter.wordpress.com |
| buggysmum |
Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 10:57:59 AM
I LOVE A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. A great story, beautifully written. |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Mar 06 2012 : 10:46:54 PM
it IS a good one!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 3:33:39 PM
That's my next book to read. Found mine at the thrift store a few years ago. And then To Kill a Mockingbird.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
