White Oleander - Hardcover By Fitch, Janet May 1, 1999

White Oleander - Hardcover By Fitch, Janet May 1, 1999

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The struggle to build an authentic identity lies at the heart of

Astrid's life as a foster child in Los Angeles after her poet mother,

who has kept Astrid isolated from the world, is imprisoned for murder

Product 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