The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster - by Kaye Gibbons (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A sequel to the now-classic "Ellen Foster" picks up Ellen's life five years later, at 15, with a new mother, a home, a mind too large for her surroundings, and a brave and compassionate integrity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this sequel to Gibbons's beloved classic <i>Ellen Foster</i>, Ellen, now fifteen, is settled into a permanent home with a new mother. Strengthened by adversity and blessed with enough intelligence to design a salvation for herself, she still feels ill at ease. But while she holds fast to the shreds of her childhood--humoring her best friend, Stuart, who is determined to marry her; and protecting her old neighbor, slow-witted Starletta--she begins to negotiate her way into a larger world. <p/>With a singular mix of perspicacity, naïveté, and compassion, Ellen draws us into her life and makes us fall in love with her all over again. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"Same spunk. Same sass. Same winning charm. Ellen looks at life through both barrels and aims straight on . . . in this fascinating tale of grit and determination." <i>The News & Observer</i> (Raleigh, NC) <p>In this sequel to Gibbons s beloved classic <i>Ellen Foster</i>, Ellen, now fifteen, is settled into a permanent home with a new mother. Strengthened by adversity and blessed with enough intelligence to design a salvation for herself, she still feels ill at ease. But while she holds fast to the shreds of her childhood, she begins to negotiate her way into a larger world. With a singular mix of perspicacity, naivete, and compassion, Ellen draws us into her life and makes us fall in love with her all over again. <p>"[Ellen Foster]<b> </b>is a few years older, a bit wiser to the ways of the world and just as compelling."<i> St. Louis Post-Dispatch<br></i><br>"As [Ellen] uses her considerable resources to move toward understanding and to react, equally, to old losses and sudden good fortune we re right there with her."<i> Chicago Tribune</i><i><br></i> <br><b>KAYE GIBBONS</b> is the author of seven bestselling novels. Her first novel, <i>Ellen Foster, </i> was awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a special citation from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. That novel, as well as <i>A Virtuous Woman, </i> was chosen for Oprah s Book Club. Gibbons lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. <br>Reading Group Guide Inside and at www.HarcourtBooks.com.<br>"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>PRAISE FOR <i>THE LIFE ALL AROUND ME BY ELLEN FOSTER</i> <p/>As with the original, the sequel is an inspiring testament to the redeeming power of love and the sustaining power of hope.--<i>The Boston Globe</i> <p/>Classic Ellen, wise in some ways, naive in others, but always original in viewpoint and quite clear about what she intends to make herself.--<i>The San Diego Union-Tribune</i><br><br>
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