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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
‘LIQUID POETRY’ – Oprah Winfrey
‘Tangled, Complex and extraordinarily moving’ – Observer
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However good the film version, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Renee Zellwegger, it won't beat Janet Fitch's reissued novel White Oleander.
Graceful
Poignant, virtuosic and utterly captivating
Liquid poetry is how Oprah Winfrey described it.