Sunday, February 27, 2011

March Book

The votes are in. We have a book for March.  We will be reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith.  One reason I started this book club was to branch out from my usual reading. I admit that I am not exited about reading this book because it is not one I would have picked, but that is good because I am getting out of my element and that is what I wanted. So here it is, the March book:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith

Description:


The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the daily experiences of the unforgettable Nolans are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness -- in a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as incredibly rich moments of universal experience.

For the people who voted for this as our book for March: YOU BETTER READ IT WITH ME!!!! And discuss it! I just put my book on hold and am number 8 in line to read it, so hopefully I will be able to start reading soon. 

2 comments:

  1. This is pretty much my favorite book of all time.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Although I've read it a million times, I am reading it again for this club. I'm on chapter 5 at the moment. I love Francie's innocence, and altruistic nature. She gets so much enjoyment out of little things like nasturtiums and the way wafers look in a blue bowl. We all need to appreciate more.

    Next month maybe we could read The Good Earth or something.

    ReplyDelete