01289cam a2200349 i 4500 214738560 TxAuBib 20101214120000.0 860813s1987||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780912697529 hardcover $16.95 0912697520 hardcover $16.95 TxAuBib rda Gibbons, Kaye, 1960- Ellen Foster : a novel / Kaye Gibbons. First edition. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. 146 pages ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Oprah's Book Club -- from cover. Wilson's Fiction. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.) Library Journal. Having suffered abuse and misfortune for much of her life, a young child searches for a better life and finally gets a break in the home of a loving woman with several foster children. AR UG 4.7 6.0 19886EN. 19971114. Children of alcoholics Southern States Fiction. Foster children Fiction. Foster mothers Fiction. Coming of age Fiction.