Ellen Foster (Oprah's Book Club)

An eleven-year-old girl must rely on wit and courage to survive in this award-winning debut novel, an Oprah Book Club selection. “Filled with lively humor, compassion, and intimacy. . . . Ellen Foster may be the most trustworthy character in recent fiction.” —Alice Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review “When I was little, I would think of ways to kill my daddy.” With that opening sentence we enter the childhood world of one of the most appealing young heroines in contemporary fiction. Her cour