Sissy and Katie
A sissy is said to be a timid or an easily frightened person. Not Sissy Rommely, Sissy is an aunt to five, a mother to two, and all together has been a wife to three. Sissy is perhaps one of the bravest and most flamboyant characters in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Sissy stands up for what she believes in, speaks her mind, does what she wants, and is a caring and nurturing person. ... Sissy had two great loves, men and children and they all loved her. When Francie first started school she wasn’t allowed to leave the room to use the restroom one day Sissy finds out and walks in and says to the teacher “Did it ever occur to you, that Francie’s got kidney trouble. ... Sissy’s other great love was men and did she ever love men. Sissy was married first when she was fourteen and then decided because she wasn’t married in that Catholic Church and if they didn’t recognize the marriage than neither did she. ... Sissy wanted children and she was so unfortunate with them in birth, one day she told Katie and France “I’m going to get a baby. ... Sissy had heard about a young girl named Lucia who “had gotten herself into trouble.