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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.
- Novel, Drama
- Kaye Gibbons
- 1987
- Vintage Press
Dec 14, 1997 · Ellen Foster is a 1997 drama film about a girl who loses her mother and faces abuse from her father. The film stars Julie Harris, Jena Malone, Ted Levine and Timothy Olyphant, and is based on the novel by Kaye Gibbons.
- (557)
- Drama
- John Erman
- 1997-12-14
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.
- (31K)
- Paperback
A novel by Kaye Gibbons about an eleven-year-old girl who struggles to find a loving home after her mother's suicide and her father's abuse. The book follows Ellen's journey from one foster family to another, and how she copes with loss, trauma, and prejudice.
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.
- (1.2K)
- $11.69
- Kaye Gibbons
- Algonquin Books
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Learn about the novel Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, a first-person narrative of a girl's abusive childhood and her quest for identity. Find plot summary, analysis, quotes, and study tools on SparkNotes.
Oct 17, 2012 · So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kaye Gibbons's first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Wise, funny, affectionate and true, Ellen Foster is, as Walker Percy called it, "The real thing.
