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Maggie-now

Maggie-now

by Betty Smith

Irish AmericansIrish Americans in fictionFictionBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Large type books
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Irish AmericansIrish Americans in fictionFictionBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Large type books

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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

About the author

Betty Smith
Betty Smith

15 December 1896 – 17 January 1972

Born: Elisabeth Lillian Wehner, December 15, 1896, Brooklyn, New York, United States Died: January 17, 1972, Shelton, Connecticut, United States In her lifetime, Betty Smith penned and published a total of 4 best selling 20th Century novels ... **''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' (1943), ''Tomorrow Will Be Better'' (1947), ''Maggie-Now'' (1958), and ''Joy in the Morning'' (1963)**. Fairly soon after the publication of both ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' & ''Joy in the Morning,'' they were then adapted to the 'big screen.' What many of us were not aware of, however, is that for numerous decades prior to the penning and publication of these four, ***her only written novels,* Betty Smith was …

Author

Betty Smith

Pages

437

Read time

≈ 11h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Harper & Row

ISBN

0816133034

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