Smith, Betty

Young Francie Nolan, having inherited both her father's romantic and her mother's practical nature, struggles to survive and thrive growing up in the slums of Brooklyn in the early twentieth century.

The story of a young couple from Brooklyn who marry young, have little money, and face bitter parental opposition, but are determined to make something of their life together.

The story of a young woman growing up in a poor section in Brooklyn in the early 1900's.

Young Francie Nolan experiences the problems of growing up in a Brooklyn, New York slum.

Young Francie Nolan experiences the problems of growing up in a Brooklyn, New York slum.