A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by BETTY SMITH abridged for radio In ten Instalments by JOSEPHINE PLUMMER Read by Eva Haddon
Betty Smith died in Connecticut earlier this year. A Tree Crows in Brooklyn has become one of the world's best-selling novels. It tells the moving story of a young girl, Francie Nolan, growing up in the slums of Brooklyn at the turn of the century. Betty Smith captures all the heartache and the happiness of life.
1: Saturday in Brooklyn Producer MARTIN JENKINS