WPMT #132: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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WPMT’s “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” is now available for listening on all major podcast platforms. This week’s premiere is based on the famous Betty Smith novel and Broadway musical that is known in literary criticism as “bildungsroman.” This German term lets the readers know the story focuses on the psychological and moral growth of a character from childhood to adulthood. Don’t miss this moving coming of age story with its 1951 Broadway score available now on all major platforms.
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