A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Chapters 38-42: Those Stories Are the Truth

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In Chapter 39, as Francie and Miss Garnder were debating the types of subjects that one should write about, our young protagonist landed on one of the great ideas of literature: truth is the ultimate aim, regardless of if the story is fiction or non-fiction. Stories of poverty and drunkenness and hardship are truth, even if they’re no…