Ellen Foster
by Gibbons, Kaye
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0912697520
- ISBN 13
- 9780912697529
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. As New in an As New dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in white. Duodecimo. Textured tan endpapers. 146pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. 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.. ISBN: 0-912697-52-0. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. 50-C. KAYE GIBBONS ELLEN FOSTER SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN FICTION LITERATURE COMING OF AGE USED BOOKS NOVELS NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN AUTHORS. Catalogs: SIGNED, Southern Writing, Literature & Fiction, U.S.A..
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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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- Nooks Of Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106-4967
- Title
- Ellen Foster
- Author
- Gibbons, Kaye
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- 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 LITERATURE FICTION COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Southern Writing; Signed; Literature & Fiction, U S A;
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