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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] .
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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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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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...
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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.
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, 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.
