Summary Of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Although on the front page of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn claims to be written by Betty Smith, it is simply a pseudonym for Elizabeth Lillian Weher. Elizabeth Weher has written
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Tomorrow Will Be Better, Maggie-Now, and Joy In the Morning. Betty Smith, née Elizabeth Lillian Weher was born on December 15th, 1896 in Brooklyn, New York. “Smith needed a copy of her birth certificate to get a passport, she was surprised to discover her name listed as "Sophia." Her mother told her: "A midwife officiated and she could speak little English. When she went to report [the] birth, the official kept shouting "name?" at her and the befuddled woman thought he meant her name so she said,`Sophie.'" Betty Smith went to high school on and off again, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She never completed her high school education, but she was accepted …show more content…
Betty is passionate about helping out the poor, to help them grow up in a better place than her. Betty wrote about her life as a child in Brooklyn with her children watching and reading along side her. She had been married to George Smith, who she divorced after having two children, Nancy and Mary. Nancy and Mary loved to hear their mother’s stories, and read them while eating lunch. Nancy writes in a letter “Since "the novel" was so much a family affair and so much a part of our lives, my sister and I read it, discussed it, and made suggestions. As children, we too, had lived in Brooklyn, and the scenes were familiar to us. When we came home for lunch, the first thing we'd ask for were the new pages of the novel.” Betty then decided to marry Joe Jones, a private in the US army. Following the pattern of divorce, she did divorce Joe, but married her longtime beau, Bob Finch. Betty was drawn to write about this topic because it was what she knew and loved, her beloved Brooklyn
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Tomorrow Will Be Better, Maggie-Now, and Joy In the Morning. Betty Smith, née Elizabeth Lillian Weher was born on December 15th, 1896 in Brooklyn, New York. “Smith needed a copy of her birth certificate to get a passport, she was surprised to discover her name listed as "Sophia." Her mother told her: "A midwife officiated and she could speak little English. When she went to report [the] birth, the official kept shouting "name?" at her and the befuddled woman thought he meant her name so she said,`Sophie.'" Betty Smith went to high school on and off again, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She never completed her high school education, but she was accepted …show more content…
Betty is passionate about helping out the poor, to help them grow up in a better place than her. Betty wrote about her life as a child in Brooklyn with her children watching and reading along side her. She had been married to George Smith, who she divorced after having two children, Nancy and Mary. Nancy and Mary loved to hear their mother’s stories, and read them while eating lunch. Nancy writes in a letter “Since "the novel" was so much a family affair and so much a part of our lives, my sister and I read it, discussed it, and made suggestions. As children, we too, had lived in Brooklyn, and the scenes were familiar to us. When we came home for lunch, the first thing we'd ask for were the new pages of the novel.” Betty then decided to marry Joe Jones, a private in the US army. Following the pattern of divorce, she did divorce Joe, but married her longtime beau, Bob Finch. Betty was drawn to write about this topic because it was what she knew and loved, her beloved Brooklyn