Betty Smith
Author
Language
English
Description
"Set in Brooklyn in the 1920's Tomorrow will be better tells the story of Margy Shannon, a shy, joyfully optimistic young woman just out of school who lives with her parents and witnesses how a lifetime of hard work and poverty has worn them down. Determined not to end up like them, Margy takes refuge in her dreams of a better life. Her goals are simple: to find a husband she loves, have children, and live in a nice home. When she meets Frankie Malone,...
Author
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Language
English
Description
The story of a young couple from Brooklyn who marry young, have little money, and face bitter parental opposition, but are determined to make something of their life together. "In Brooklyn, New York, in 1927, Carl Brown and Annie McGairy meet and fall in love. Though only eighteen, Annie travels alone to the Midwestern university where Carl is studying law to marry him. Little did they know how difficult their first year of marriage would be, in a...
4) Maggie-now
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition.
Physical Desc
406, 15 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Brooklyn's unforgiving urban jungle, Maggie Moore is torn between answering her own needs and catering to the desirous men who dominate her life. Confronted by her quarrelsome Irish immigrant father, the feckless lover who may become her husband, and others, Maggie must learn to navigate a cycle of loss, separation, and hope as she forges her own path toward happiness."--P. [4] of cover.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maggie has a bagful of very unusual jelly beans - for starters, they won't stop arguing over which color jeally bean is the best. When a flood whisks away Hamilton's box, the gang set out on an adventrue to rescue it with the help of the Jelly Bean Team. After a heavy rainfall, Hamilton, Maggie and Beast travel to Mud Creek looking for the end of the rainbow. While at a slumber party, Beast yearns for a pair of Bunny Slippers until he discovers something...
