{"product_id":"tomorrow-will-be-better-a-novel","title":"Tomorrow Will Be Better: A Novel","description":"\"A rediscovered treasure.\" — Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post\nFrom Betty Smith, author of the beloved classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, comes a poignant story of love, marriage, poverty, and hope set in 1920s Brooklyn.\nTomorrow Will Be Better tells the story of Margy\nShannon, a shy but joyfully optimistic young woman just out of school who lives with her parents and witnesses how a lifetime of hard work, poverty, and pain has worn them down. Her mother's resentment toward being a housewife and her father's inability to express his emotions result in a tense home life where Margy has no voice. Unable to speak up against her overbearing mother, Margy takes refuge in her dreams of a better life.\n\nHer goals are simple—to\nfind a husband, have children, and live in a nice home—one where her\nchildren will never know the terror of want or the need to hide from quarreling\nparents. When she meets Frankie Malone,\nshe thinks her dreams might be fulfilled, but a devastating\nloss rattles her to her core and challenges her life-long optimism. As she struggles to come to\nterms with the unexpected path her life has taken, Margy must decide whether\nto accept things as they are or move\nfirmly in the direction of what she truly wants.\n\nRich with the flavor of its\nBrooklyn background, and filled with the joys and heartbreak of family life, Tomorrow\nWill Be Better is told with a simplicity, tenderness, and warmhearted humor\nthat only Betty Smith could write.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062988689\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0062988689.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Smith, Betty\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41499513782330,"sku":"DBV.0062988689.VG","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0062988689-0.jpg?v=1783033925","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/tomorrow-will-be-better-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}