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Oct 17, 2012 · Paperback – October 17, 2012. by Kaye Gibbons (Author) 4.2 1,169 ratings. Book 1 of 2: Ellen Foster. See all formats and editions. "Filled with lively humor, compassion, and intimacy." —Alice Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review. "When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy."
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Kaye Gibbons. Ellen Foster Full Book Summary. After her mother commits suicide by overdosing on her medication, eleven- year-old Ellen, the title character and narrator of the book, must find herself a loving home and family to take her in. Immediately after her mother's death, Ellen endures repeated physical, psychological, and sexual abuse by ...
Overview. Ellen Foster, published in 1987, is the debut novel of American author Kaye Gibbons. The novel is a first-person narrative that follows the eponymous Ellen Foster as she navigates a tumultuous childhood marked by abuse, neglect, and the death of her mother.
Oct 17, 2012 · In Ellen Foster, the title character is an 11-year-old orphan who refers to herself as "old Ellen," an appellation that is disturbingly apt. Ellen is an old woman in a child's body; her frail, unhappy mother dies, her abusive father alternately neglects her and makes advances on her, and she is shuttled from one uncaring relative's home to ...
Ellen Foster is a bildungsroman, or comingof-age novel, tracing Ellen's movement from isolation into community, from abandonment into nurturance and her own role in making this transformation occur. Ellen learns from her experiences.
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May 1, 1990 · In Ellen Foster, the title character is an 11-year-old orphan who refers to herself as "old Ellen," an appellation that is disturbingly apt. Ellen is an old woman in a child's body; her frail, unhappy mother dies, her abusive father alternately neglects her and makes advances on her, and she is shuttled from one uncaring relative's home to ...
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In Ellen Foster, the title character is an 11-year-old orphan who refers to herself as "old Ellen," an appellation that is disturbingly apt. Ellen is an old woman in a child's body; her frail,...
