10+ A Tree Grows In Brooklyn Summary Pictures. Summary the novel begins with an epigraph about the eponymous tree that grows in brooklyn. A fun and humorous chapter by chapter summary broken into tasty tidbits that you can digest.
Francie nolan, one of these inhabitants is eleven years old. In a tree grows in brooklyn, betty smith portrays francie as a mixture of both her mother and her father. The story starts on a saturday summer afternoon in 1912.
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The nolans live in a flat at grand street in williamsburg. Chapter one begins in the summer of 1912 in williamsburg, brooklyn. Most people that have not read this book might only think that this book is about a tree growing in brooklyn. This novel has taught me numerous lessons in such a relatable and coherent way that at some points, i felt like i was reading my own diary.