Woman Troubles – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Chapters 27-37

(My latest is up at Parenting.com)
This section of the book was painful for me to read.  It sets in motion Francie’s adolescence, a time full of pain, heartbreak and harsh realizations about the cruel world.  No longer can she look upon the family’s frequent bouts of starvation as a game.  Gone is her unquestioning faith in [...]

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