| Authors: |
Smith, Betty, 1896-1972.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Poor families -- Fiction.
Girls -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Coming of age fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : HarperPerennial, 2005, c1943. |
| Description: |
xi, 493, 16 p. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780060736262 0060736267 |
| Notes: |
Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more..."--Cover. |
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| Rating: |
5 out of 5: They loved it |
| Community reviews |
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every coming of age girl should read this! by lebanks1 |
| GREAT story about growing up in Williamsburg Brooklyn during the Great Depression. The main character, Francie Nolan is very captivating and tells a pretty good story just about livin' life. |
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| Summary: |
Young Francie Nolan, having inherited both her father's romantic and her mother's practical nature, struggles to survive and thrive growing up in the slums of Brooklyn in the early twentieth century. |