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The protagonist Margy was sweet. Grew up in a strained household, emotionally and financially, tries to find happiness in marriage. Another slice of life type of novel with characters who are just trying to do the best they can with what life has given them. Margy is different, you know she will persevere and eventually be happy. #Brooklyn

First morning of my vacation and finished my library book in the quiet before everyone is up. I loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as a child. It was interesting to read a novel by Smith aimed at an older audience.

This novel matches the weather today - dreary & melancholy.

In sum, young people always have happier horizons to chase, whereas the sun has set on the dreams of their middle aged parents. 🙁 Somehow they lose themselves in the daily struggle to maintain home & body.

Again “noooooooo!” 🥺

Last one I promise. 😆

That moment in your book when you yell inside, “Nooooo don‘t do ittttttttt……” 😣

Mom chauffeur reading. 😊 Smith is definitely for comfort reading. 💜

My favorite 2022 reads! 📚

I read a total of 29 books this year, my lowest total that I can remember in a long time but I have the best excuse — I became a mother to a baby girl in March. She keeps us happily occupied most days, but I try to find time to read when I can (during naps, before bed, lobby waiting, road trips, etc.).

My 2023 reading goal is to make the most of the quiet moments ✨

My recent book acquisitions. 😊

I‘ve been savoring the short stories in Sunstroke and I‘ve long wanted to read the tagged title because A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is favorite. 💜

I went into Half Price today looking for Dodie Smith‘s New Moon from the Old and nada. 😞

Don‘t take things so serious. Learn to make and take a joke, ‘cause if you don‘t, it‘s going to be an awful dreary life for you 👭
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Tomorrow—next month—next year. Everything was always going to be better in the future. And suddenly the future had come. It was a brief present. Too soon it would merge into a past to be remembered ⏳

My last book of2021 with a very fitting title for this year (unless I finish my audiobook.)

A melancholy book about a young woman trying to make her way in Brooklyn. It‘s very well written but kind of a bummer.

#WinterCosy #VeryMerryReadathon #WrapItUpReadathon #ChristmasMyWay #BookspinBingo #WinterGames #MistletoeManiacs #20in4 Book 2 of 4

Last read of 2021. I bought it to read last Christmas 🤷‍♀️

I‘ve got a cat on my lap, a Betty Smith novel I haven‘t read yet, and my husband making me dinner in the kitchen. No real complaints here tonight.

Set in the same time period of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, we see the life of a young woman as it was, focused on marriage, having babies, and living only for your husband. We get a glimpse into the simplicity of Margy‘s life, and her heartbreak.

My Christmas present to myself arrived today 🎄🎄🎄