White Oleander - Hardcover By Fitch, Janet May 1, 1999
$ 4.99
Sold out
White Oleander - Hardcover By Fitch, Janet May 1, 1999Condition: very good, only dust cover has some cosmetic details.Shipped with USPS, Fedex or UPS.Free Shipping.
Thank you for your support!The struggle to build an authentic identity lies at the heart ofAstrid's life as a foster child in Los Angeles after her poet mother,who has kept Astrid isolated from the world, is imprisoned for murderProduct details ASIN: 0316569321 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition (May 1, 1999) Language: English Hardcover: 390 pages ISBN-10: 9780316569323 ISBN-13: 978-0316569323 Item Weight: 1.4 pounds Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches Review...[an] impressive first novel.... her startlingly apt language relates a story that is both intelligent and gripping. -- The New York Times Book Review, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina Janet Fitch writes with breathtaking beauty about the central theme of our age: the search for self. WHITE OLEANDER is a remarkable debut novel. -- Robert Olen Butler, author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain This is what you're after when you're browsing the shelves for something GOOD to read. WHITE OLEANDER is a siren song of a novel, seducing the reader with its story, language, and, perhaps most of all, with its utterly believable (and remarkably diverse!) characters. The narrator is particularly memorable - there were times she made me want to cheer and weep simultaneously. Finishing this book made me feel gratefully bereft, and I look forward to Janet Fitch's next work. -- Elizabeth Berg, author of Durable Goods and Range of Motion When her passionate poet mother, Ingrid, is jailed for killing her ex-lover (with poison brewed partly from white oleander flowers), Astrid Magnussen navigates her way to adulthood through a series of Los Angeles foster families and juevenile homes. Astrid's strength and resilience makes this compelling novel an inspiration. -- Glamour, April 1999
Thank you for your support!The struggle to build an authentic identity lies at the heart ofAstrid's life as a foster child in Los Angeles after her poet mother,who has kept Astrid isolated from the world, is imprisoned for murderProduct details ASIN: 0316569321 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition (May 1, 1999) Language: English Hardcover: 390 pages ISBN-10: 9780316569323 ISBN-13: 978-0316569323 Item Weight: 1.4 pounds Dimensions: 6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches Review...[an] impressive first novel.... her startlingly apt language relates a story that is both intelligent and gripping. -- The New York Times Book Review, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina Janet Fitch writes with breathtaking beauty about the central theme of our age: the search for self. WHITE OLEANDER is a remarkable debut novel. -- Robert Olen Butler, author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain This is what you're after when you're browsing the shelves for something GOOD to read. WHITE OLEANDER is a siren song of a novel, seducing the reader with its story, language, and, perhaps most of all, with its utterly believable (and remarkably diverse!) characters. The narrator is particularly memorable - there were times she made me want to cheer and weep simultaneously. Finishing this book made me feel gratefully bereft, and I look forward to Janet Fitch's next work. -- Elizabeth Berg, author of Durable Goods and Range of Motion When her passionate poet mother, Ingrid, is jailed for killing her ex-lover (with poison brewed partly from white oleander flowers), Astrid Magnussen navigates her way to adulthood through a series of Los Angeles foster families and juevenile homes. Astrid's strength and resilience makes this compelling novel an inspiration. -- Glamour, April 1999
