<P> A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 novel written by Betty Smith . The story focuses on an impoverished but aspirational , second - generation Irish - American , adolescent girl and her family in Williamsburg , Brooklyn , New York City , during the first two decades of the 20th century . The book was an immense success . </P>
<P> A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 novel written by Betty Smith . The story focuses on an impoverished but aspirational , second - generation Irish - American , adolescent girl and her family in Williamsburg , Brooklyn , New York City , during the first two decades of the 20th century . The book was an immense success . </P>
where does a tree grows in brooklyn take place
where does a tree grows in brooklyn take place
Williamsburg , Brooklyn , New York City
Williamsburg , Brooklyn , New York City