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Francie Nolan sees the world differently than others - she notices the good and the bad, she knows that life is full of injustice, but at the same time full of kind people. She goes to the library every day to get a new book and reads it while sitting on the fire balcony in the shade of a huge tree. And almost everyone thinks she's weird. Francie's family lives in a poor neighborhood of Brooklyn, and all the neighbors know that the Nolans can't do without drama. His father, Johnny, an incredibly handsome son of Irish emigrants, works as a singing waiter and often drinks, so his mother, Katie, has to work double duty to feed the family. Moreover, the gossip is fueled by Katie’s sister, Aunt Sissy, who gets married faster than she divorces her husbands. But at the same time, the Nolan house is full of love, and everyone is happy, despite the difficult life. Each of them believes that tomorrow will be better, but understands that they can withstand any attacks of fate. Why do they have such confidence? To understand this, you need to get to know each member of the family.