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Tomorrow Will Be Better
 

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1 1947-00-00  

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At 16, Margy Shannon's main goal in life is to live better than her parents. Like many other Irish-Americans in early 20th century Brooklyn, her parents have just enough money to squeak by, and the stress of it all causes endless fights. Margy's mother Flo is a domineering personality, and having constant financial worries doesn't make life in the Shannon household any more pleasant.

Having just graduated high school, Margy sets out to find a job, where she can help with the family finances...and most importantly, bide her time until she meets a man to marry and finally leave her unhappy home.

Margy quickly becomes accustomed to life in the Thomson-Jonson Mail Order Company, where she works as a mail reader with dozens of other girls her age. She greatly enjoys being part of a group, being held responsible for doing a good job, and best of all, her confidences and good times with Reenie, her new best friend.

Meanwhile, Margy begins seeing Frankie Malone, a boy from her own neighborhood. Although Irish-American and of a similar socioeconomic background just like the Shannons, the two families instantly take a great dislike to one another...which grows even hotter as Margy and Frankie decide to marry.

However, Margy's joy at leaving her home and beginning a new life of her own quickly sours. She learns that life with a young man she doesn't truly love -- or who loves her -- isn't all that wonderful, no matter how hard she tries to make it work.

Like real life, Smith does not promise happy endings for any of her characters. Yet when the book concludes, readers will still feel hope for Margy in the future...
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