frostedstrarlight 's review for:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Mary Francis Nolan, the tree that grows in Brooklyn. She is the Tree of Heaven that heralds the immigrants — that grows in a cemented Brooklyn courtyard, that survives despite being a sickly young sapling, that endures even after being chopped down and its stump burned. And still, she grows.