A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in The Bookworm Challenge

Nov 08, 2019 ☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Okaaaay. No, it's not okay! It's insane and depression-inducing. And it totally wasn't 'it' for me. I wasn't in the mood for being any further depressed, thank you very much not! But, well, I got in for this ride and I can't blame anyone (other than my roving eyes & unstructured reading habits) for me reading it.

And they say Dostoyevsky's miserable! Frankly, this isn't a far cry from him concerning inducing depression!

Basically, it's the great-grandmother of The Glass Castle but without all the ...more

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Dec 06, 2016 Jen from Quebec :0) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics-i-ve-read, favorites, buddy-reads, aty-challenge, re-read, childhood-reads, books-read-in-2018, reading-challenge-books, school, memoirs

I 1st read this as a kid, and couldn't/didn't appreciate it enough at that time. I didn't realize that I was holding a precious gem. Re-reading as a teen, it quickly became one of my favorite books of all time, and one that I now constantly re-read. I re-visit Francie and the Nolan family each and every summer...Closing the cover concludes another wonderful visit with a dear old friend. --Jen from Quebec :0) ...more

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Dec 23, 2024 Elle rated it really liked it

4.5 stars.

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Aug 01, 2018 Linda Hanson rated it really liked it

Very compelling portrayal of a poor family living in Brooklyn in the early 19oo's. Pretty amazing characters. ...more

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Oct 22, 2022 Rhonda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classic, form-audio, historical-fiction, zz-2022

I loved this! It’s a rough read at times. The main character grows up in poverty with an alcoholic father. I would say be careful if you have any triggers. I was actually quite surprised at the topics covered in this story, especially since it was published in the early 1940s.

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