Comments on: let’s talk about a tree grows in brooklyn http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/02/03/lets-talk-about-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn/ Books fit for a heroine Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Erin Blakemore http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/02/03/lets-talk-about-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Erin Blakemore Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:14:29 +0000 http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/?p=74#comment-196 I have read <i>Joy in the Morning</i>, and...I didn't really like it! It's kind of like an extended Katie and Johnny Nolan just-married sequence, so it felt like nothing new after ATGIB. I have <i>Maggie-Now</i> sitting on my desk as we speak...I'll have to check that out! I have read Joy in the Morning, and…I didn’t really like it! It’s kind of like an extended Katie and Johnny Nolan just-married sequence, so it felt like nothing new after ATGIB. I have Maggie-Now sitting on my desk as we speak…I’ll have to check that out!

]]> By: erica http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/02/03/lets-talk-about-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-195 erica Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:04:50 +0000 http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/?p=74#comment-195 have you read joy in the morning, erin? I've always wanted to--I think it's even more autobiographical. have you read joy in the morning, erin? I’ve always wanted to–I think it’s even more autobiographical.

]]> By: BuriedInPrint http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/02/03/lets-talk-about-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-193 BuriedInPrint Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:31:56 +0000 http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/?p=74#comment-193 I've only re-read this once as an adult and I, too, was struck at the time by how painful so much of it was, by how many "big issues" the author had undertaken in what I had later thought of as a "children's story". It was such a different feel re-reading this novel from, say, re-reading <i>Little Women</i> or <i>Anne of Green Gables</i>, both of which contain elements of misfortune but there is respite for the heroines. I think I read Betty Smith's<i>Joy of the Morning</i> but only once, and I have only a vague recollection of struggle for the heroine therein as well...feels like time for re-reading yet again! I’ve only re-read this once as an adult and I, too, was struck at the time by how painful so much of it was, by how many “big issues” the author had undertaken in what I had later thought of as a “children’s story”. It was such a different feel re-reading this novel from, say, re-reading Little Women or Anne of Green Gables, both of which contain elements of misfortune but there is respite for the heroines. I think I read Betty Smith’sJoy of the Morning but only once, and I have only a vague recollection of struggle for the heroine therein as well…feels like time for re-reading yet again!

]]> By: the little reader http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/02/03/lets-talk-about-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-191 the little reader Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:41:44 +0000 http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/?p=74#comment-191 for some reason, when i read this, i thought of the scene in ATGIB where Francie sees the old man with the dirty feet and fabricates this whole life for him and then panics when she starts thinking about how no one wants him anymore and how he is going to die soon. i agree that its difficult to properly categorize this book, and when i reviewed it a while back, i remember thinking that it was less about any of the characters and more about all of the important things in life. it's about life and death, war and peace, love and hate, poverty and greed, and all of the beautifully subtle things in between it all. for some reason, when i read this, i thought of the scene in ATGIB where Francie sees the old man with the dirty feet and fabricates this whole life for him and then panics when she starts thinking about how no one wants him anymore and how he is going to die soon.

i agree that its difficult to properly categorize this book, and when i reviewed it a while back, i remember thinking that it was less about any of the characters and more about all of the important things in life. it’s about life and death, war and peace, love and hate, poverty and greed, and all of the beautifully subtle things in between it all.

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