Ellen Foster

Name: Ellen Foster
Author: Kaye Gibbons

by Kaye Gibbons

Coming-of-age story of a resilient girl escaping poverty and neglect through determination

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Kaye Gibbons

American novelist whose debut Ellen Foster is a celebrated coming-of-age novel narrated by a resourceful twelve-year-old girl in rural North Carolina. Her fiction explores the lives of Southern women with humor and grit. She is an important voice in contemporary Southern women's fiction.

More by Kaye Gibbons

A Virtuous WomanDual narrative of two women whose lives converge through marriage and rural hardship
A Cure for DreamsInterwoven stories of women across generations shaped by dreams and family bonds
Charms for the Easy LifeNovel celebrating resilient women healers across generations in North Carolina setting
Divining WomenEpisodic narrative of women quilters and their private stories in rural community