Presenting Sue Ellen Bridgers

by Ted Hipple and Theodore W. Hipple

Young adult novelist Sue Ellen Bridgers (b. 1942) is praised for the subtlety and compassion she brings to her depictions or relationships. This first book-length critical analysis of her work includes summaries of her five novels: Home Before Dark, All Together Now, Notes for Another Life, Sara Will and Permanent Connections. It examines how the author's childhood in rural North Carolina colours her acclaimed novels that have won awards from the American Library Association, the Assembly on Literature for Adolescence of the NCTE and others. Hipple studies Bridger's use of the third person omniscient narrator to explore her characters' thoughts, her emphasis on the multi-generational family and the realistic problems her characters endure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805782133
• ISBN13: 9780805782134
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"