Kaye Gibbons, Author . Putnam/Marian Wood $23.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-399-15160-6
Gibbons (Ellen Foster
; On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
; etc.) hearkens back to the Brontë sisters with her penchant for the gothic in this rather stilted novel of female oppression and liberation. As WWI draws to an end, 22-year-old Mary
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Kaye Gibbons, Author . Harcourt $23 (218p) ISBN 978-0-15-101204-6
In this folksy sequel to the 1997 Oprah pick Ellen Foster
, Gibbons's plucky heroine is 15 and hoping for early admission to Harvard on account of "all the surplus living that was jammed into the years." Having survived trauma and...
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Putnam $19.95 (254p) ISBN 978-0-399-13791-4
Begining with her debut novel, Ellen Foster , Gibbons' work has been heartwarming and addictively readable. In this, her fourth novel, she creates a touching picture of female bonding and solidarity. Related with the simple, tart economy of a...
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Putnam $19.95 (209p) ISBN 978-0-399-13986-4
``Both forgiving and healing are true arts,'' says Hattie Barnes, the narrator of Gibbons's moving novel; readers will be thoroughly in thrall to her clear, true voice and to the poignant story she tells. In flashback, Hattie describes the summer...
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Vintage Books USA $13 (192p) ISBN 978-0-679-73672-1
An engaging portrait of a possessive mother and her obedient daughter, limned against a larger canvas depicting women's roles in southern society. Author tour. (July)
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $16.95 (182p) ISBN 978-0-945575-33-7
Further enchancing her reputation as a chronicler of small-town life in the South, Gibbons ( Ellen Foster ) limns an engaging portrait of a possessive mother and her obedient daughter as the foreground of a larger canvas depicting women's roles in a
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Avon Books $7.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-380-72270-9
Three women find solace in an eccentric household in Raleigh, N.C., in Gibbons's touching fourth novel. (Apr.)
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Avon Books $6.99 (223p) ISBN 978-0-380-72681-3
A girl struggles to relate to her mentally ill mother. (Nov.)
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Putnam Publishing Group $22.95 (278p) ISBN 978-0-399-14299-4
A plea for racial tolerance is the subtext of Gibbons's estimable new novel, her first foray into historical fiction. Like her previous books (Ellen Foster, 1997, etc.), it is set in the South, but this one takes place during the Civil War era. Now...
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill $13.95 (158p) ISBN 978-0-945575-09-2
Jack Stokes and Ruby Pitt weave this strong, tightly knit love story in alternating chapters that begin when Jack, grieving over Ruby's death four months earlier, evokes the past. In flashbacks, the two richly cadenced Southern voices explore their...
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Vintage Books USA $7.95 (126p) ISBN 978-0-394-75757-5
The appealing, eponymous, 11-year-old orphan heroine of this Southern-focused debut survives appalling situations until she finds safe harbor in a good foster home. ""Some readers will find the recital of Ellen's woes mawkishly sentimental,'' PW...
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Kaye Gibbons, Author Vintage Books USA $10 (165p) ISBN 978-0-679-72844-3
In flashbacks, two richly cadenced Southern voices explore vastly different backgrounds, troubled histories and an unlikely but loving marriage. PW found this ``a vivid, unsentimental, powerful novel.'' (May)
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