Betty Smith

È l’estate del 1912 a Brooklyn. I raggi obliqui del sole illuminano il cortile della casa dove abita Francie Nolan, riscaldano la vecchia palizzata consunta e le chiome dell’albero che, come grandi ombrelli verdi, riparano la dimora dei Nolan. Alcuni a Brooklyn lo chiamano l’Albero del Paradiso perché è l’unica pianta …

Joy in the Morning is a novel by Betty Smith, first published in 1963. The book follows the first year of the marriage of Brooklynites Annie McGairy and Carl Brown, in 1927. Although told in third person, it based on Annie's perspective. The book was made into a film in 1965, starring Richard Chamberlain and Yvette …