A woman who stamps Francie’s card each time she borrows a book, then shoves it back at her without ever smiling or looking at her. Francie asks her if she can recommend a book for a girl, in the hope of getting attention. The librarian always asks, matter-of-factly, how old the intended girl is and dutifully recommends a book. Francie admires a brown bowl on the librarian’s desk, which has “a spray of pink wild aster in it.” The librarian, Francie later realizes, has hardly ever noticed the bowl.
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The Librarian Character Timeline in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The timeline below shows where the character The Librarian appears in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
...her way through the alphabet and is in the B’s. She takes a book to the librarian and asks her if she can recommend a book for an eleven-year-old girl. Francie asks...
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Chapter 56
After lunch, Francie goes to the library and asks the librarian , for the last time, if she can recommend a book for an eleven-year-old girl....
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