Overview
* A novel that is as beautiful and as dangerous as the Oleander * Chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her bookclub * Over a million copies in print
White Oleander is a painfully beautiful first novel about a young girl growing up the hard way. It is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, their ambiguous alliances, their selfish love and cruel behaviour, and the search for love and identity.Astrid has been raised by her mother, a beautiful, headstrong poet. Astrid forgives her everything as her world revolves around this beautiful creature until Ingrid murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life. Astrid''s fierce determination to survive and be loved makes her an unforgettable figure.
''LIQUID POETRY'' - Oprah Winfrey
''Tangled, Complex and extraordinarily moving'' - Observer
- | Author: Janet Fitch
- | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- | Publication Date: Nov 02, 2000
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781860498046
- | ISBN-10: 1860498043
