Tomorrow Will Be Better

"A rediscovered treasure." — Maureen Corrigan, Washington PostFrom 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.Tomorrow Will Be Better tells the story of MargyShannon, 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. Her goals are simple—tofind a husband, have children, and live in a nice home—one where herchildren will never know the terror of want or the need to hide from quarrelingparents. When she meets Frankie Malone,she thinks her dreams might be fulfilled, but a devastatingloss rattles her to her core and challenges her life-long optimism. As she struggles to come toterms with the unexpected path her life has taken, Margy must decide whetherto accept things as they are or movefirmly in the direction of what she truly wants. Rich with the flavor of itsBrooklyn background, and filled with the joys and heartbreak of family life, TomorrowWill Be Better is told with a simplicity, tenderness, and warmhearted humorthat only Betty Smith could write.