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