Talk:A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)

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Seems to me too much of the article deals with the plant, not enough with the book. --Lukobe 06:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I concur. I don't really want to know about the plant so much as the book. If there was more on the story and characters, I would be more willing to read about a plant. Russia Moore 00:45, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that this book appears in a WWII drama isn't what is notable. The fact that this book was immensely popular among the troops, and provided exposure to a degree of literature that many of these soldiers would not otherwise have met, is notable. - O^O

It was very hard, but I tracked down an image of a serviceman reading the book.- O^O

Could somone who knows more about it put in something about its WWII connection, and possibly about its appearance in the Band of Brothers episode Why We Fight?

Cleanup[edit]

I have tagged this article for a cleanup. As was already noted on this talk page, paragraphs 5-7 deal more with the Tree of Heaven plant than with the book itself. The last three paragraphs read like an informally written critical review. Little of this article is encyclopedic; none is referenced and may be original research. --shadow box 02:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since the cover picture was removed, I've also added a request for a picture. --shadow box 17:57, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the photo of the serviceman is excellent. It puts it in historical contect of the readers - far more meaningful than a publisher's graphic artist.

Too much of the article is on the tree. Since this is a long-standing problem and there seems to be no objection I am going to remove those details.--Silverscreen 15:46, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to clarify that this book takes place during WWI not WWII this might help you in your research (````)

More info?[edit]

Could someone please add more info to the article? It's such a great book....if anyone knows more then could they add it? Thanks. 68.115.104.27 (talk) 02:35, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge of Women writers and the female experience during the American industrial revolution[edit]

I can't find any signifigant content in the article in question. I'm proposing it for deletion. -Verdatum (talk) 18:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I corrected some vandalism[edit]

I corrected some vandalism surrounding the Shirley Booth story, but didn't have time trace it back to its origin. There may have been other vandalism committed by the same culprit.--68.35.156.132 (talk) 20:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rewriting the Plot Section[edit]

The plot section, especially the third paragraph, has quite a few short choppy sentences. If these could be cleaned up, it might help the readability of the article. Captain Gamma (talk) 20:30, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Defacto Novel[edit]

This is vague. There's no definition of this term anywhere on the web. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.105.162.11 (talk) 22:20, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Length[edit]

Hello. Do users feel that the plot is an adequate length or does it require expansion? I am just re-reading the novel - for about the twentieth time - and it is quite difficult to sum up such a beautiful piece of writing into a minimal amount of words. Thank you. (Galaxycat (talk) 10:09, 11 July 2012 (UTC))[reply]

some context[edit]

An article where the wartime popularity of the novel is discussed, could be good context. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/09/publishers-gave-away-122951031-books-during-world-war-ii/379893/?single_page=true 202.8.13.71 (talk) 19:51, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Spanglish[edit]

In the movie Spanglish, the character Bernice Clasky is reading the novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" at the 54 minutes mark. This information is not worthy of being included it the article, but I thought I'd mention it here. 123.205.19.162 (talk) 07:08, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]