Ellen Foster: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1616203021
- ISBN-13
- 9781616203023
- Series
- Ellen Foster
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 134
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-01
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Author
- Kaye Gibbons
Description
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.
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