Through hardship to the stars. The tree grows in Brooklyn. And the next morning joy (a set of 2 books)
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The set "through thorns to the stars" includes two Betty Smith novels: "The tree grows in Brooklyn" and "And the next morning joy."
"Tree grows in Brooklyn"
Francy Nolan sees the world not like others, she notices good and bad, knows that life is full of injustice, but at the same time full of good people. Every day she goes to the library after a new book and reads it, sitting on a fire balcony in the shade of a huge tree. And almost everyone considers her strange. Francy"s family lives in the poor Brooklyn district, and all the neighbors know that nolanes can not do without dramas. Father, Johnny, an incredible handsome man, the son of Irish emigrants, works a singing waiter and often drinks, so mothers, Katie, have to work for two to feed the family. Yes, and gossip is heated by Katie’s sister, Aunt Sissy, who gets married faster than she gets divorced with her husbands. But at the same time, love reigns in the house of Nolanov, and everyone is happy, despite a difficult life. Each of them believes that tomorrow will be better, and understands that he can survive before any attacks of fate. Why do they have such confidence? To understand this, you need to meet each member of the family.
"And the next morning joy"
Brooklyn 1927. Annie and Karl are so young and in love. Everything is against their marriage: parents, friends, even the dean of the faculty, where Karl is studying. A marriage can break life, love has not brought any benefit to anyone - this is what they say around. But can it be true when people sincerely love each other? When do they have dreams? Annie and Karl are determined to overcome all difficulties, deprivation, poverty, only to be together. Or are they able to overcome all this precisely because they are together?
"Tree grows in Brooklyn"
Francy Nolan sees the world not like others, she notices good and bad, knows that life is full of injustice, but at the same time full of good people. Every day she goes to the library after a new book and reads it, sitting on a fire balcony in the shade of a huge tree. And almost everyone considers her strange. Francy"s family lives in the poor Brooklyn district, and all the neighbors know that nolanes can not do without dramas. Father, Johnny, an incredible handsome man, the son of Irish emigrants, works a singing waiter and often drinks, so mothers, Katie, have to work for two to feed the family. Yes, and gossip is heated by Katie’s sister, Aunt Sissy, who gets married faster than she gets divorced with her husbands. But at the same time, love reigns in the house of Nolanov, and everyone is happy, despite a difficult life. Each of them believes that tomorrow will be better, and understands that he can survive before any attacks of fate. Why do they have such confidence? To understand this, you need to meet each member of the family.
"And the next morning joy"
Brooklyn 1927. Annie and Karl are so young and in love. Everything is against their marriage: parents, friends, even the dean of the faculty, where Karl is studying. A marriage can break life, love has not brought any benefit to anyone - this is what they say around. But can it be true when people sincerely love each other? When do they have dreams? Annie and Karl are determined to overcome all difficulties, deprivation, poverty, only to be together. Or are they able to overcome all this precisely because they are together?
Author:
Author:Smith B.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Romance & Love
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Series:
Series: through thorns to the stars. Prose Betty Smith
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-120970-4
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