A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is loosely constructed, anecdotal, digressive and episodic rather than carefully plotted.
There is occasional foreshadowing, as in the saga of Francie's promiscuous Aunt Sissy's attempts to have a baby.
Sissy finally succeeds after bearing nine stillborn infants and adopting one who turns out, it is hinted, to be her third husband's illegitimate child. But Smith is not interested in subtlety and most of her attempts at plotting are heavy-handed and obvious. Francie's development provides the book with its central structure and around this are stacked other related stories about the Nolan family and their neighbors.
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