Ellen Foster - Paperback

from bohemima

Unlike some of the other readers here, I've never kept up with the Oprah choices, and so had no idea this was on that particular list. I came to the book with no preconceived ideas. This short and intriguing novel moved at lightening speed for me, almost like a long short story. Ellen has problem...

from rainpebble

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons; (3*) Ellen Foster is a small book with a big story. The time it will take to read it is time well spent. This novel provides a reminder that it is really up to each of us to decide how we will respond to what life throws at us. None of us would choose to have Ellen F...

from bell7

Ellen narrates the hardships she has already endured in her young life, but holds on to hope and works hard to overcome abuse and poverty. I think I must have caught some of the TV movie starring Jena Malone years back, which was what put this book on my radar. I'm not sure I would have read it a...

from edenkal

It took me a little while to get into this book, but once I got used to the dialogue it was easy. I usually have a hard time reading books about abuse and prefer lighter stories, but I have to say the way it was written through the childs eyes and her non chalant way of talking about it made it l...

from dchaikin

"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my Daddy." - Says 11-year-old Ellen in the opening line. A white orphan from a very racist North Carolina, she narrates this short book in almost a single breath. The grammar is her own slang, and there is little punctuation as she switches from na...