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"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith ($16, originally $29)

This story takes place in Williamsburg — but not the oat-milk-latte-at-Whole-Foods version of Williamsburg we know today. The semi-autobiographical novel is a celebrated portrait of a time when most of Brooklyn was virtually unrecognizable compared to what it's become today.

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