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White Oleander
A Literary Fiction Novel by Janet Fitch
Subgenres:
- Coming-of-Age,
- Foster Care,
- Los Angeles
This book is for you if you're into...
- Coming-of-age journeys through Los Angeles foster homes
- Complicated mother-daughter bonds tested by betrayal and prison
- Characters rebuilding identity after family upheaval
The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption.
Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men.
Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery - but their idyll is shattered when Astrid's mother falls apart over a lover.
Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison.
White Oleander is the unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances.
Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned.
With determination and humor, Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty, and strives to learn who a motherless child in an indifferent world can become.
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