| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
Smi |
| Item number |
2 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
Smi |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Smith, Betty |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Tree grows in Brooklyn and Maggie-Now |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Betty Smith, Illustrated by Richard Bergere |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
A tree grows in Brooklyn and Maggie Now |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Harper and Row |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1947 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
733 p |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Two Novels |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
From the moment she entered the world, Francie needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family’s erratic and eccentric behavior—such as her father Johnny’s taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy’s habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce—no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans’ life lacked drama. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the Nolans’ daily experiences are tenderly threaded with family connectedness and raw with honesty. Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life-from “junk day” on Saturdays, when the children of Francie’s neighborhood traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Betty Smith has artfully caught this sense of exciting life in a novel of childhood, replete with incredibly rich moments of universal experiences—a truly remarkable achievement for any writer. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In Brooklyn's unforgiving urban jungle, Maggie Moore is torn between answering her own needs and catering to the desirous men who dominate her life. Confronted by her quarrelsome Irish immigrant father, the feckless lover who may become her husband, and others, Maggie must learn to navigate a cycle of loss, separation, and hope as she forges her own path toward happiness.
With characteristic warmth, compelling insight, and easy, conversational prose, Betty Smith's Maggie-Now poignantly illuminates one woman's struggles and successes as she grapples with timeless questions of desire, duty, self-sacrifice, and the quest for fulfillment. Maggie-Now is an unforgettable masterpiece from one of the twentieth century's greatest talents. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
45820 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Domestic fiction |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Girls |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Poor families |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| General subdivision |
Fiction |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Relator code |
Ill |
| Personal name |
Bergere, Richard |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
Fiction |