Literary Fiction & Classics Book Club - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Schedule
Sun May 31 2026 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
50 N. Railroad St. Ste. 1, Palmyra, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17078 | Palmyra, PA
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Welcome to Book Bar's official Literary Fiction & Classics Book Club. This selected book for May is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (book description is located at the bottom of this listing).So come out, grab a drink at our beverage bar, and join us for a lively book discussion! When you purchase this book club pick from us, your support will help us be here for a long time and put on more events! Purchasing options are below:
In Store: Stop by our location at 50 N. Railroad St. in Palmyra, PA!
Shipped: To purchase from Bookshop and get it delivered straight to your door, order from the following link (if you purchase here, we will receive a percentage of this sale):
https://bookshop.org/a/98905/9780060736262
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Audiobook: You can purchase audiobooks from us on Libro.fm. This audiobook can be easily found on our May 2026 Book Club Picks playlist here (we will receive a percentage of this sale):
https://libro.fm/playlists/11759?bookstore=bookbarus
We look forward to seeing you!
Book Description:
From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for the often harsh life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 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 in this classic novel 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 poignant work of historical fiction, a novel of childhood replete with incredibly rich moments of universal experiences—a truly remarkable achievement for any writer.
This enduring portrait of a bygone Brooklyn is a story of survival, resilience, and the quiet moments that define a life.
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