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1	Ellen Foster more books like this by Kaye Gibbons 'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy'. So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kaye Gibbons's much acclaimed first novel. The story of an eleven year old orphan, driven to desperation by some of the wickedest ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Virtuous Woman more books like this by Kaye Gibbons Ruby Pitt rejects the quiet life planned for her by her adoring family and runs off with John Woodrow, a migrant worker who turns out to be a cruel and violently abusive liar. When he dies in a street brawl, Ruby takes up with Blinking Jack Stokes, a quiet, uneducated, but highly capable tenant twenty years her senior. He is surprised as anyone ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Charms for the Easy Life more books like this by Kaye Gibbons A story featuring three generations of strong-willed Southern women in North Carolina during the 1930s and '40s. The indomitable Charlie Kate is a self-taught country doctor who handles everything from midwifery to kitchen dentistry, and flouts convention by giving sex-education to teenagers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon more books like this by Kaye Gibbons Like America in the mid-nineteenth century, Emma Garnet Tate Lowell is at war with herself. Born to privilege on a grand plantation she grows up more and more aware that her family's prosperity is inextricably linked to the institution of slavery. As she looks back on her troubled childhood, her attempt to create the ideal happy home through ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Sights Unseen more books like this by Kaye Gibbons About this Guide: The discussion topics, autobiography and suggested reading list that follow were developed for your group's enhanced enjoyment and understanding of Kaye Gibbons's SIGHTS UNSEEN. About this Book: SIGHTS UNSEEN is an unforgettable tale of unconditional love. Brilliantly written in the form of a memoir, the novel recounts the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster more books like this by Kaye Gibbons (Read by) A sequel to the now-classic Ellen Foster picks up Ellen's life five years later, at 15, with a new mother, a home, a mind too large for her surroundings, and a brave and compassionate integrity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Cure for Dreams more books like this by Kaye Gibbons As with her first two award-winning novels, Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman, Kaye Gibbons's A Cure for Dreams draws richly upon the author's ear for comic turns of phrase and her sure grasp of the humor, pathos, and dignity of supposedly "ordinary" people. But this time something new is added -- mother-daughter relationships that span three ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Charms for Easy Life more books like this by Kaye Gibbons The heroines of this novel are three North Carolina women: the healer Charlie-Kate, her impulsive daughter Sophia, and her extraordinary young granddaughter Margaret. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Ellen Foster-V757 more books like this by Kaye Gibbons An 11-year-old girl narrates this award-winning first novel. Ellen witnesses her beloved mother's suicide and is forced to live with her alcoholic father. Unable to stand his behavior, she runs away to live with her art teacher. A painful story of a young girl's search for identity and love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Divining Women more books like this by Kaye Gibbons In 1918, in the midst of the devastating flu epidemic, Mary Oliver travels to North Carolina to stay with her aunt Maureen, who is pregnant. While there, she helps Maureen get up the courage to leave her abusive and domineering husband. In the end, Maureen returns with Mary to Washington, hoping to make a new and independent life for herself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Charms for Easy Lifet more books like this by Kaye Gibbons The heroines of this novel are three North Carolina women: the healer Charlie-Kate, her impulsive daughter Sophia, and her extraordinary young granddaughter Margaret. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon CS more books like this by Kaye Gibbons (Read by) Like America in the mid-nineteenth century, Emma Garnet Tate is a woman at war with herself. Born to privilege on a James River plantation, she grows up increasingly aware that her family's prosperity is inextricably linked to the institution of slavery. As she tells her story in 1900, she is still prey to her childhood, to the memories of a life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.70!
13 view cover	Ellen Foster Cassette more books like this by Kaye Gibbons (Read by) "When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy." So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kaye Gibbons's first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Wise, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
14 view cover	A Virtuous Woman a CS by Kaye Gibbons A short, unsentimental novel about a dying woman and her husband's attempts to come to grips with being a widower. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	Histoires De Faire De Beaux Ríves by Kaye Gibbons see all copies from $16.69! new only from $133.35!
16	A cure for dreams : a novel by Kaye Gibbons see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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