What Readers Think

"Ellen Foster is a southern Holden Caulfield, tougher perhaps, as funny....A breathtaking first novel." -Walter Percy

"A stunning new writer...The life in this novel, the honesty of thought and eye and feeling and word!" -Eudora Welty

"The story of a redoubtable girl who overcomes adversity with humor, spunk, and determination, Kaye Gibbon's first novel is a work of considerable subtlety and intellectual sophistication. A terrific book." -Jonathan Yardley

"Filled with lively humor, compassion and integrity.. Ellen Foster may be the most trustworthy character in recent fiction." -Alice Hoffman

Ellen Foster received the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Acadamy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

Not only did Ellen Foster get these great reviews, it was also picked as Oprah's book of the month!