Jess’s Book Club Pick For February: Betty Smith by Valerie Raleigh Yow

M&C has recently featured both a book review of Betty Smith: Life of the Author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as well as an interview with the author Valerie Raleigh Yow.

This month’s pick is the biography of Betty Smith for 2 reasons. Although the book club focuses primarily on literary and contemporary classics, I chose this book because not only is it a way to get readers who might have missed out on August’s pick a try, this is also the first published biography of Betty Smith, the author of the remarkable classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn which was my first book club selection. So with that, I recommend readers visit A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, but also visit the woman behind the work, a writer who for many years had been mislabeled a mere “woman’s writer” when that is not the case. Anyone who is a fan of Smith, now is your chance to know more. Published by Wolf's Pond Press, Amazon notes the publication date is January 31, 2008 so you’re just in time. Click here to read a review of the bio. Click here to read an interview with the author.

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