A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 semi-autobiographical novel written by Betty Smith. The manuscript started as a non-fiction piece titled They Lived in Brooklyn, which Smith began submitting to publishers in 1940. After it was repeatedly rejected, she sent it in as an entry for a contest held by Harper & Brothers in 1942. At the editors' suggestion, Smith expanded and revised the piece, re-classified it as a novel, and changed the title. It proved so popular upon release that it went into a se
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1943 semi-autobiographical novel by Betty Smith
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2005-01-05T06:49:03Z
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2024-09-09T05:39:21Z
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