Tomorrow Will Be Better
A Novel
by Betty Smith
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In 1920's Brooklyn, Margie graduates from highschool and is filled with youthful optimism. Determined to rise above the drudgery and poverty of her upbringing, Margie finds a job at a small business nearby and attempts to escape her overbearing mother and her overworked,disillusioned father.
Before long, she meets Frankie Malone, a poor Brooklynite like herself, and the two fall headlong into courtship and marriage. Despite differences between her and Frankie, and some difficulties in her relationship with her parents, Margie still hopes that "tomorrow will be better."
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Tomorrow Will Be Better: A Novel
June 28, 1977, Queens House
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Tomorrow Will Be Better: A Novel
June 1,1971, Harpercollins
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0060800496 9780060800499
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*Manufactured in the U.S.A. / Unsure of cvr shown - however. it is the one used by LibraryThing for this book edition.* Other system no. (OCoLC)287795 / Online version: Tomorrow will be better. (609511003)
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A timeless classic! ''Tomorrow Will Be Better'' is a heartwarming story of love and marriage from Betty Smith, the beloved author of ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.''
Set in the Williamsburg and Bushwick sections of Brooklyn in the 1920s, ''Tomorrow Will Be Better'' is the story of Margy Shannon—shy, eager, joyfully optimistic—and her search for something better from life than the hard misery of poverty in which she lives.
All Margy's parents have ever known is an unrewarding life of poverty, pain, and hard work—a life that has ultimately worn them down. But Margy, young and just out of school, still holds steadfast to an unshakable hopefulness and believes a better life is possible. Her goals are simple enough—to find a husband she loves, have children, and live in a nice home—one where her children will never know the terror of want, the need to hide from quarreling parents, and the dread of unjust punishment. And when she meets Frankie Malone, she thinks at last her dreams might be fulfilled.
Rich with the flavor of its Brooklyn background, and the joys and heartbreak of family life, ''Tomorrow Will Be Better'' is told with a simplicity, tenderness, and humor that only Betty Smith could write.
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