LIFE ALL AROUND ME CD

Audio Book Description:
An unforgettable portrait of a redoub- table adolescent makingherself up out of whole cloth.Strengthened by adversity and blessed with enough inte-igence to design a salvation for her- self, Ellen has found anew mother and settled into a permanent home, though she still carries the burden of hermother`s death and her father`sabuse. While she holds fast tothe shreds of her childhood, she negotiates her way into a larger world and sets her sightshigh-on Harvard. "I believe that anything is possible ifyou have the combination of love for what you`re doing and the will to sit down and notget up until it`s done."