{"product_id":"9780156032902","title":"The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Kaye Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this sequel to Gibbons’s beloved classic \u003cem\u003eEllen Foster\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR ELLEN FOSTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ellen Foster is a southern Holden Caulfield, tougher, perhaps, as funny . . . a breathtaking novel.\"- Walker Percy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Some people might give up their second-born to write as well as Kaye Gibbons.\"--\u003cem\u003eTime \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with lively humor, compassion and integrity . . . Ellen Foster may be the most trustworthy character in fiction.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780156032902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41157100765390,"sku":"9780156032902","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780156032902.jpg?v=1651303854","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780156032902","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}