Review: Betty Smith’s "Tomorrow Will Be Better" is indeed a rediscovered classic

Many readers know and love Betty Smith’s coming-of-age novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

But its follow-up, Tomorrow Will Be Better, hasn’t received nearly the attention that its predecessor did.

NPR’s book critic, Maureen Corrigan, hopes that its recent re-release changes that.

You can read her review of what she says is a rightfully dubbed rediscovered classic on NPR’s website or listen to it below.