Tree Grows in Brooklyn He asks such questions as

He asks such questions as How should our Christian convictions lead us to see the world differently than those who do not share them

"Epictetus sounds like the Buddha

Both of these approaches preclude an appreciation of its greatness as literature

"A meditation on solitude

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Tree Grows in Brooklyn He asks such questions asA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick A special 75th anniversary edition of the beloved American classic about a young girl's coming of age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family's erratic and eccentric