Tomorrow Will Be Better
$ 15.00
Author: Betty Smith
Publisher: Dell D104
Year: 1952 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.35
Condition: Book Grades. Very Good. Light wear
Genre: Fiction/Historical/GGA
Pages: 320
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Set in the gritty Williamsburg and Bushwick sections of 1920s Brooklyn, the novel follows Margy Shannon, an optimistic young woman eager to escape her family's bleak reality.
- The Stifling Home: Margy leaves school to find work, hoping to secure her own independence. Instead, she faces a tense household dominated by an overbearing, resentful mother and an emotionally distant, defeated father whose spirits have been completely broken by systemic poverty. Her mother continues to control her by demanding her entire salary.
- Dreams of Escape: Margy’s ambitions are profoundly simple: she wants to secure a decent job, marry a good man, and build a peaceful, loving home where her future children will never experience the terror of financial want or bitter domestic fighting.
- A Strained Marriage: Margy eventually marries Frankie Malone, a quiet young man seeking his own escape from an oppressive family environment. However, their union quickly cracks under the heavy weight of financial stress, societal expectations, and a profound emotional and sexual incompatibility.
- Heartbreak and Hope: The young couple's fragile optimism is shattered when they suffer the devastating loss of a stillborn daughter. This tragedy forces Margy to directly confront her harsh reality and make a pivotal choice: resign herself to a life of quiet despair like her parents, or continue fighting for the future she actually deserves
