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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Conclusion: "We sure did have fun, didn't we?"

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Jeremy Anderberg
Jun 03, 2023
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I love this illustration from one of the original covers of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

“Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn’t happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer?” 

The beautiful and satisfying closing chapters of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn moved quickly, …

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