I saw this book on the favourites list of several GR members and finally got around to reading it for myself, and gosh I'm glad I did. Despite the setting being one of poverty and the hardships faced by the Nolan family living in the slums in the early 1900s, this is an uplifting story. Told in powerful and beautiful prose, with strong characters, especially Francie. 
 This is a book that will stay with me and I will read again and again.