Betty Smith
Author
Physical Desc
306, 15 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Brooklyn, the 1920s. Margy Shannon -- shy, eager, joyfully optimistic -- lives with her parents and has witnessed how a lifetime of work and poverty has worn them down. Unable to speak up to her overbearing mother, Margy takes refuge in dreams of finding a husband she loves, having children, and living in a nice home. When she meets Frankie Malone, she thinks at last her dreams might be fulfilled ... until a devastating tragedy forces Margy to stand...