
Betty Smith
Betty Smith was an American playwright and novelist, who wrote the 1943 bestseller A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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Genres:Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Books by Betty Smith
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Fiction
Historical Fiction
4.3(388,454)
In turn-of-the-century Brooklyn, a determined young girl with an unwavering spirit grows up amidst poverty, her dreams as strong as the tree pushing through concrete.

Joy in the Morning
by Betty Smith
Fiction
Historical Fiction
4.3(8,418)
In 1927 Brooklyn, young Annie McGairy travels to a Midwestern university to marry Carl, only to find their love tested by poverty and isolation during their first year of marriage.