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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. Background. Gibbons wrote Ellen Foster at age 26 while studying American literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [1] .
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.
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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 Jena Malone, Julie Harris, Ted Levine and others, and is based on the novel by Kaye Gibbons.
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A novel by Kaye Gibbons about an eleven-year-old girl who loses her mother and faces abuse and neglect from her father, grandmother, and aunt. She finds a loving home with a new mama and a black friend, Starletta.
Ellen Foster. Kaye Gibbons. Vintage Books, 1990 - Biography & Autobiography - 126 pages. In Ellen Foster, the title character is an 11-year-old orphan who refers to herself as "old...
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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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.
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