Becoming pregnant at thirteen by a young man who comes to her hometown complicates Ella's life. Her mother passed away in her sleep by 'refusing to wake up', leaving Ella, her sister and her brother with a father who has no idea of what it means to be a father and who spends most of his days talking to his dead wife's ghost.Eventually Ella meets a young man, Damon, who is a mystery to the citizens of New Home, the town in which Ella lives, having seemingly arrived out of nowhere, and they fall in love. Within months of meeting the young man Ella becomes pregnant. She is only thirteen and Damon is eighteen. No one understands why Ella would have given herself to someone at so young an age, but she does. She and Damon are both lonely and in search of something more in life.However, Damon's view of life is much larger than Ella imagined and she finds she must figure out a way of holding onto him. As a result, the seemingly small act she commits to hold onto Damon spins out of control leading to something that haunts Ella for years to come and touches everyone around her.'Ella Pruitt', a story about memory, guilt and reckoning.
- | Author: Doug Cooper Spencer
- | Publisher: Doug Cooper Spencer
- | Publication Date: May 29, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 398 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0692445390
- | ISBN-13: 9780692445396