Betty Smith Quotes
But this tree in the yard-this tree that men chopped down...this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up it's stump-this tree lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it.
Citations
Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Harper & Brothers, 1943.
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Betty Smith was an American author. She is best known for her 1943 bestselling book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.