The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster

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.


Author: Kaye Gibbons
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 11/06/2006
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780156032902
ISBN10: 0156032902
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Southern
- Fiction | Coming of Age
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage