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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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 Posted - Feb 12 2012 : 3:33:39 PM
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That's my next book to read. Found mine at the thrift store a few years ago. And then To Kill a Mockingbird.
Kris
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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buggysmum
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Shelly
110 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 10:57:59 AM
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| I LOVE A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. A great story, beautifully written. |
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DeniseMGM
True Blue Farmgirl
110 Posts
Denise
WI
USA
110 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 2:15:27 PM
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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
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 2:29:20 PM
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Michele, glad you are reading it.And that you like it. Its a good one.
Nancy Jo
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2012 : 09:34:51 AM
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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
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2012 : 09:37:47 AM
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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..."
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3336 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3336 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2012 : 11:49:04 AM
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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 |
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