Betty Smith Books In Order

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943)
  2. Tomorrow Will Be Better (1948)
  3. Maggie-Now (1950)
  4. Joy in the Morning (1963)

Collections In Publication Order

  1. Wednesdays and Other Stories (2013)

Standalone Novels Book Covers

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Betty Smith Books Overview

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

The American classic about a young girl’s coming of age at the turn of the century.

‘A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart of life…
If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience…
It is a poignant and deeply understanding story of childhood and family relationships. The Nolans lived in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn from 1902 until 1919…
Their daughter Francie and their son Neely knew more than their fair share of the privations and sufferings that are the lot of a great city’s poor. Primarily this is Francie’s book. She is a superb feat of characterization, an imaginative, alert, resourceful child. And Francie’s growing up and beginnings of wisdom are the substance of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.’
New York Times

‘One of the most dearly beloved and one of the finest books of our day.’
Orville Prescott

‘One of the books of the century.’
New York Public Library

Joy in the Morning

A timeless classic is reborn! From Betty Smith author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, one of the most beloved novels of the past century comes an unsentimental yet radiant and powerfully uplifting tale of young hearts and marriage. In 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, Carl Brown and Annie McGairy meet and fall in love. Though only eighteen, Annie travels alone halfway across the country to the Midwestern university where Carl is studying law and there they marry. But their first year together is much more difficult than they anticipated, in a faraway place with little money and few friends. With hardship and poverty weighing heavily upon them, Annie and Carl come to realize that their greatest sources of strength, loyalty and love, will help them make it through.

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