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Ellen Foster is a 1987 novel by American novelist Kaye Gibbons. It was a selection of Oprah's Book Club in October 1997.
Jan 21, 1987 · Ellen Foster is the abused Pippi Longstocking of the South, an adorable quirky confabulation who overcomes difficulty, circumvents evil and triumphs in developing tender and enlightened compassion for her Black friend, whom she understands will always have a hard life.
Dec 14, 1997 · Ellen Foster: Directed by John Erman. With Julie Harris, Jena Malone, Ted Levine, Glynnis O'Connor. After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.
Nov 7, 2023 · Ellen Foster (1997) Julie Harris, Jena Malone. After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing...
Oct 17, 2012 · An Oprah Book Club selection, this powerful novel has become an American classic. Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's Citation for Fiction.
- Kaye Gibbons
Ellen Foster belongs not only to the Southern tradition in American literature, with its distinctive voice and its treatment of racism, but also to that of first-person coming-of-age narratives, in which the narrator's innocence is also his or her wisdom. Author Biography
Ellen Foster. An 11 year old girl is left an orphan when her mother commits suicide and her abusive, alcoholic father drinks himself to death. Stars Jena Malone, Julie Harris and Debra Monk. From the Hallmark Hall of Fame Collection. 67 IMDb 6.9 1 h 37 min 1997.
May 1, 1990 · So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kay Gibbons's first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Institute of Arts and Letters. Wise, funny, affectionate, and true, Ellen Foster is, as Walker Percy called it, "The real thing.
- Kaye Gibbons
So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kay Gibbons's first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Institute of Arts...
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