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A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

Earphones Award Winner

by | Read by Bernadette Dunne

Fiction • 16.5 hrs. • Unabridged • © 1943

Anyone who missed reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or who wants to know this moving story again should run, not walk, to the nearest source of this outstanding audiobook. The novel richly merits its status as a "classic." Francie, the protagonist, grows up in the slums of Brooklyn during the early part of the twentieth century, and life treats her badly. Less favored in her dysfunctional family than her brother, forced to leave school early, maltreated by fate and by people--she plunges forward, indomitable, courageous. What makes the listening experience so fine is the compelling and convincing narration by Bernadette Dunne, who not only has Francie down pat, but also captures the assorted other characters. She feels Francie's pain at the setbacks, her joy at the triumphs. And, as Francie matures, so does Dunne's presentation. Clearly Dunne was committed to creating something fine and, like Francie herself, she has. T.H. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/MAR 01]

Book pak • Books on Tape • 2000

CS ISBN 0736650679 $88.00 • Eleven cassettes

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Book pak • Books on Tape • 2000

CS ISBN 0736650679 $88.00 • Eleven cassettes

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