Growing trees

I started A Tree Grows in Brooklyn on Sunday on my way to DC and finished all 480ish pages of it on Tuesday. I couldn't believe how fast I read it and how into the chracters I was. I was captivated by both the coming of age story of the main character but also of the life lessons that that ran through the book. I thought it was interesting that all the excerpts I published below are from one character who is only mentioned briefly in the book.