Tomorrow Will be Better (edition 1949)

The book I read was Tomorrow will be better by: Betty Smith.
It's hard to belive that this book was written over 60 years ago. The setting is in Brooklyn in 1920. The author likes to make you feel bad for the main character in the story. The character Mary grew up in Proverty. Yet it is a depressing kind of story. ( )

Margy is tired of living with her overbearing mother Flo and her broken-down father Henny. She is happy in her work answering letters at Thomson-Jonson Mail Order House but decides that marrying local man Frankie Malone will allow her more freedom, and believes herself in love with Frankie anyway. Frankie, however, is homosexual and early on in their marriage Margy realises that there will be nothing between them. A still-born child is the motivation she needs to reclaim her job at Thomson-Jonson, however the novel ends without any real resolution. Not the same standard as A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. ( )

Not quite as interesting as her other books, but certainly as sad and depressing as the rest. The story seemed to taper off after a bit, and I wanted mored to have happened before it ended. ( )