Ellen Foster

Zusatztext Filled with lively humour! compassion and integrity ... ellen Foster may be the most trustworthy character in recent fiction Informationen zum Autor Kaye Gibbons was born in 1960 in Nash County, North Carolina, on Bend of the River Road. She attended North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying American and English literature. At twenty-six years old, she wrote her first novel, Ellen Foster (1987) . T his was followed by many striking novels such as A Virtuous Woman (1989), Charms for the Easy Life (1993) and On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon (1998). Klappentext Kaye Gibbons' highly acclaimed first novel Vorwort Kaye Gibbons' beloved and highly acclaimed first novel. An eleven-year-old heroine tells her unforgettable story with honesty, perceptivity, humour and unselfconscious heroism. Zusammenfassung Kaye Gibbons' beloved and highly acclaimed first novel. An eleven-year-old heroine tells her unforgettable story with honesty, perceptivity, humour and unselfconscious heroism.

Product details

• Authors: Kaye Gibbons
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.08.1998
• EAN: 9781860496059
• ISBN: 978-1-86049-605-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 5 mm
• Series: VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction