The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster - Couverture rigide

Gibbons, Kaye

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0375728511 ISBN 13 : 9780375728518

Editeur : Random House Large Print, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Gibbons Kaye

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This sequel to Gibbons' beloved classic Ellen Foster, stands on its own as an unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent making herself up out of whole cloth. Now fifteen, Ellen 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 in the world. Her sole surviving ritual --a visit to the county fair --takes on totemic importance. While she holds fast to the shreds of her childhood --humoring her best friend Stuart who is determined to marry her, protecting her old neighbor, slow-witted Starletta, she negotiates her way into a larger world --selling her poetry for money to pay her way to a camp for gifted students. With a singular mix of perspicacity, naiveté and compassion, Ellen draws us into her life and makes us fall in love with her all over again.

From the Hardcover edition.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this sequel to Gibbons’s beloved classic Ellen Foster, 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.

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Random House Large Print
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0375728511
• ISBN 13: 9780375728518
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296