--- title: "7 Tree Grows In Brooklyn Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Tree Grows In Brooklyn quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Tree Grows In Brooklyn sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/alberto-manguel-2467_books_i-soon-discovered-that-one-doesn-t-simpl_661646.jpg" --- > [“I soon discovered that one doesn't simply read Crime and Punishment or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn . One reads a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-manguel/i-soon-discovered-that-one-doesn-t-simply-read-crime-and-punishment/) [Alberto Manguel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-manguel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/alberto-manguel-2467_books_i-soon-discovered-that-one-doesn-t-simpl_661646.jpg) > [I loved 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.' I read it later as an adult, but I loved 'We Have Always Lived in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/i-loved-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-i-read-it-later-as-an-adult-but-i/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/suzanne-collins-60_adult_i-loved-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-i-read_778282.jpg) > [I read Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," all of Shirley Jackson's books, which I loved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/i-read-betty-smith-s-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-all-of-shirley-jackson/) [Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/alice-hoffman-427_book_i-read-betty-smith-s-a-tree-grows-in-bro_1393194.png) > [It's embarrassing to admit how many times I've reread the following: 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,' '1984,' 'Lord of the Flies,' 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/it-s-embarrassing-to-admit-how-many-times-i-ve-reread-the-following-a/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/suzanne-collins-60_admit_it-s-embarrassing-to-admit-how-many-time_1482718.jpg) > [“When it first appeared, in 1943, it was called, by those critics who liked it, an honest book, and that is accurate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/when-it-first-appeared-in-1943-it-was-called-by-those-critics-who/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/betty-smith-1012_books_when-it-first-appeared-in-1943-it-was-ca_1965572.png) > [“There is a passage in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn where the main character, Francie, talks about when her diet of stale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-damiani/there-is-a-passage-in-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-where-the-main/) [Michelle Damiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-damiani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/michelle-damiani-81047_good-thanksgiving_there-is-a-passage-in-a-tree-grows-in-br_2692224.jpg) > [I had very low self-esteem. Books saved me. I found friends in stories like The Chronicles of Narnia and A Tree Grows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-lawson/i-had-very-low-self-esteem-books-saved-me-i-found-friends-in-stories/) [Jenny Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-lawson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/jenny-lawson-3391_anxiety_i-had-very-low-self-esteem-books-saved-m_2828675.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tree-grows-in-brooklyn/#itemlist", "name": "Tree Grows In Brooklyn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I soon discovered that one doesn't simply read Crime and Punishment or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn . 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But it is more than that: It is deeply, indelibly true. Honesty is casting bright light on your own experience; truth is casting it on the experiences of all, which is why, six decades after it was published and became an instant bestseller, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn continues to be read by people from all countries and all circumstances. Early on in its explosive success it was described as a book about city life, a story about grinding poverty, a tale of the struggles of immigrants in America. 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