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Ellen Foster

Ellen Foster

Ellen Foster
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Ellen Foster

by Gibbons, Kaye

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0912697520
ISBN 13
9780912697529
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Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. Uncorrected Proofs. In Near Fine condition. Tan wraps, interestingly produced of stitched signatures. A label bearing the publisher's information about the forthcoming novel is affixed to the front wrap. 146pps. There are two faint and unobtrusive specks to the fore-edge, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.' With that opening sentance we are introduced to the eleven-year-old heroine of 'Ellen Foster.' Ellen tells her own story, with an honesty, a perceptivity, and a quite un-selfconscious heroism. Her mother dies. She stays with her father until it becomes too dangerous. She lives with a teacher, a grandmother who blames her for her father's marriage, then with an aunt. At the close she discovers a home where at last she is wanted and loved. Kaye Gibbons' first novel is one to be read over and over. The little girl's absence of self-pity, her determination, and her gratitude to those who help her, make her a heroine who lives beyond the printed page. She takes a place in our hearts." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition. Original Wraps. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

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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.

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Title
Ellen Foster
Author
Gibbons, Kaye
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0912697520
ISBN 13
9780912697529
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
Date Published
1987
Keywords
KAYE GIBBONS ELLEN FOSTER SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN FICTION LITERATURE COMING OF AGE USED BOOKS NOVELS NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN AUTHORS UNCORRECTED PROOFS GALLEYS
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Advance Reading Copies; Southern Writing; Signed; Literature & Fiction, U S A;

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