Description: The trade paperback novel is in very good condition with minimal damage to the corners of the cover. "Filled with lively humor, compassion, and intimacy...Ellen Foster may be the moswt trustworthy character in recent fiction." --Alice Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review ELLEN FOSTER A Novel by Kaye Gibbons Author of A Virtuous Woman and A Cure for Dreams "The life in this novel, the honesty of thought and eye and feeling and word!" --Eudora Welty "When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy." With that opening sentence we enter into the childhood world of one of the most appealing young heroines in contemporary fiction. He courage, he humor, and her wisdom are unforgettable as she tells her own story with stunning honesty and insight. An Oprah's Book Club selection, this powerful novel, first published twenty-five years ago, has become an American classic. "The story of a redoubtable girl who overcomes adversity with humor, spunk, and determination...She is a terrific kid, and Ellen Foster is a terrific book." --Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World "Ellen Foster like another American classic, Huckleberry Finn, is for all its high comedy ultimately a serious fable of personal and collective responsibility." --Oprah.com "It's the real thing. Which i sto say a lovely, breathtaking, sometimes heart-wrenching first novel." --Walker Percy "Ellen Foster easily takes her place as one of the great chile characters of American literature." --The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Includes an Essay by the Author Algonquin Books Fiction ISBN 978-1-61620-102-3 Printed in the USA
Price: 2.4 USD
Location: Palm Springs, California
End Time: 2025-02-08T17:27:48.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Novel
Personalize: No
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Personalized: No
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Vintage: No
Book Title: Ellen Foster (Oprah's Book Club)
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Classics, Family Life
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 5.6 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Kaye Gibbons
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
