Ellen Foster

When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy 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 and Letters Wise, funny, affectionate, and true, Ellen Foster is, as Walker Percy called it, The real thing Which is to say, a lovely, sometimes heartwrenching novel Ellen Foster is as much a part of the backwoods South as a Faulkner character and a good deal endearing. Best Download Ellen Foster [ author ] Kaye Gibbons [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This is a short but powerful and a lot of the time a painful story Ellen Foster is a precocious eleven year old girl whose courage and strength and infinite wisdom carry her through things that no child should bear.I wanted to pull Ellen out of those pages and take care of her , get her away from her alcoholic father who for the most part has abandoned her and her miserable grandmother who takes her in for a period of time But ultimately it s Ellen who pulled me up from the despair I felt fo This is a short but powerful and a lot of the time a p...This would make a great book club pick It s a quick read and simply told, but with a lot of depth, and a powerful opening line that is a real attention grabber Ellen Foster is only 11 years old but is an old soul and there is a lot to be learned from her character The story is told through her voice and the author really gets into her head giving a sense for all she is thinking and feeling I felt it softened the tone coming from her perspective, but it really makes you think a...It is hard not to fall in love with 11 year old Ellen Foster as she narrates her struggles thru her young life of abuse and repeated disappointments in search of a safe home and someone to love her She i...When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy Ellen Foster grabs you with that first paragraph, and doesn t let go as she narrates her story Told with humor and honesty, the orphaned girl learns what is important about people in a rural southern town in the 1970s It s not possessions or the color of their skin, but the goodness in their hearts.Even though Ellen s chi...Ellen Foster is like Scout Finch without the support system of Atticus, Jem, and Calpurnia She s funny, courageous, level headed, fair minded and intelligent With very little help from anyone, she gets herself out of a v...This is the first person story of Ellen Foster, a ten to eleven year old Southern girl whose mother commits suicide with the agreement of her abusive father Ellen is tough, smart, and a survivor After she is sent from the happy foster home of her art teacher to her mama s mama, a mean old woman, she says,it was just her and me Me to look after her not the other way aro...Old Ellen is how this 11 year old refers to herself, and as the reviewer on the back of the book cover says, she s as much a part of the backwoods South as a Faulkner character and a good dealendearing She tells her story in the first person and in the first sentence of the book she says, When I was little I would think of ways to kill my Daddy She meant it too, and believe me, he deserved it Her family was about as rotten as any family I have come across in literature What a rea Old Ellen is how this 11 year old refers to herself, and as the reviewer on the back of the book cover says, she s as much a part of the backwoods South as a Faulkner character and a good dealendearing She tells her story in the first person and in the first sentence of the book she says, When I was little I would think of ways to kill my Daddy She meant it too, and believe me, he deserved it Her family was about as rotten as any family I have come across in literature What a read, I would re...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here The first line of Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons reads When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy Wow Talk about a powerful hook Eleven year old Ellen has been throughthan any child should experience Her father is alcoholic and abusive toward Ellen s mother Ellen just about raises herself in this dysfunctional household, the hero in the alcoholic family After her mother dies, she goes to live with her teacher and things would have been fine except her grandmother int The first line of Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons reads When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy Wow Talk about a powerful hook Eleven year old Ellen has been t...What did I think That s the question asked when reviewing a book on Goodreads I freakin loved it It is now on my favorite shelf I loved how she wished for eyes in the back of her head and she thought her head size was just this side of a defect , how she gave herself a new name and ho...This was a random library book sale purchase, chosen almost entirely for the title I set aside my usual dislike of child narrators and found an enjoyable voice driven novella about a fiesty ten year old who loses both her parents good riddance to her father, at least and finds her own unconventional family after cycling through the homes of some truly horrid relatives Just as an example, her maternal grandmother sends her out to work picking cotton.The book is set in the South, presumably in This was a random library book sale purchase, chosen almost entirely for the title I set aside my usual dislike of child narrators and found an enjoyable voice driven novella about a fiesty ten year old who loses both her parents good riddance to her father, at least and finds her own unconventional family after cycling through the homes of some truly horrid relatives Just as an example, her maternal grandmother sends her out to work picking cotton.The book is set in the South, presumably in the 1970s or 80s, so it s alarming to see how strong racial prejudice still was Ellen almost feels compelled to look down on her best friend, a black girl named Starletta, but can t deny she s drawn to her Sometimes I even think I was cut out to be colored and I got bleached and sent to the wrong bunch of folks You co...

• English
• 25 July 2017
Kaye Gibbons
• Paperback
• 126 pages
• 0375703055
• Kaye Gibbons
• Ellen Foster