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Bookmark or Share- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith - GoodreadsFrancie Nolan is a very poor young girl living in the slums of Williamsburg. Her father is an alcoholic who breezes in and out of their lives. But in Francie's eyes he is a prince. Children often do not see their parent's flaws or perhaps they have the gift of overlooking.
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Full Book Summary - SparkNotesFrancie Nolan is eleven years old, and she and her brother are collecting junk to exchange for pennies. The first child of Katie and Johnny Nolan, Francie loves her neighborhood. This particular Saturday is typical.
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel) - WikipediaBook One opens in 1912 and introduces 11-year-old Francie Nolan, who lives in the Williamsburg tenement neighborhood of Brooklyn with her 10-year-old brother Cornelius ("Neeley" for short) and their parents, Johnny and Katie.
- Francie Nolan - CliffsNotesMary Francis Nolan is the central character, the protagonist, in this coming-of-age novel. Unlike most of the other children who live in her neighborhood, whose parents are recent immigrants, Francie is a second-generation American.
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - LitChartsBetty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is the coming-of-age story of Francie Nolan, whose family struggles with poverty in early twentieth-century Williamsburg.
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