Tomorrow will be better : a novel / Betty Smith.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First Harper Large Print editionDescription: 408 pages (large print) ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062999139
- 0062999133
- Married people -- Fiction
- Wives -- Fiction
- Husbands -- Fiction
- Men -- Sexuality -- Fiction
- Sex in marriage -- Fiction
- Teenage girls -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- Poor families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Large Print Book
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Main Library | Large Print Fiction | SMITH, BETTY | Available | 33111010437966 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From Betty Smith, author of the beloved classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, comes a poignant story of love, marriage, poverty, and hope set in the Williamsburg and Bushwick sections of 1920s Brooklyn.
Tomorrow Will Be Better tells the story of Margy Shannon, a shy but joyfully optimistic young woman just out of school who lives with her parents and witnesses how a lifetime of hard work, poverty, and pain has worn them down. Her mother's resentment toward being a housewife and her father's inability to express his emotions result in a tense home life where Margy has no voice. Unable to speak up against her overbearing mother, Margy takes refuge in her dreams of a better life.
Her goals are simple--to find a husband, have children, and live in a nice home--one where her children will never know the terror of want or the need to hide from quarreling parents. When she meets Frankie Malone, she thinks her dreams might be fulfilled at last, but a devastating loss rattles her to her core and challenges her life-long optimism. As she struggles to come to terms with the unexpected path her life has taken, Margy must decide whether to accept things as they are or move firmly in the direction of what she truly wants.
Rich with the flavor of its Brooklyn background, and filled with the joys and heartbreak of family life, Tomorrow Will Be Better is told with a simplicity, tenderness, and warmhearted humor that only Betty Smith could write.
"A rediscovered classic."--Cover.
"A hardcover edition of this book was originally published in 1948 by Harper & Brothers Publishers."
"Set in Brooklyn in the 1920's Tomorrow will be better tells the story of Margy Shannon, a shy, joyfully optimistic young woman just out of school who lives with her parents and witnesses how a lifetime of hard work and poverty has worn them down. Determined not to end up like them, Margy takes refuge in her dreams of a better life. Her goals are simple: to find a husband she loves, have children, and live in a nice home. When she meets Frankie Malone, she thinks at last her dreams might be fulfilled. But a devastating tragedy rattles her hopefulness and forces Margy to finally stand up for what she deserves. Filled with the joys and heartbreaks of family life, Tomorrow will be better is told with a simplicity and tenderness that only Betty Smith could write."--Back cover.