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A daughter’s survival after her mother’s crime changes everything.
Summary
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 determi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781860498046 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1860498043 |
| Author: | Janet Fitch |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2001 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 25mm |
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Poignant, virtuosic and utterly captivating
Graceful - THE TIMES
Poignant, virtuosic and utterly captivating - PUBLISHERS WEEKLYHowever good the film version, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Renee Zellwegger, it won’t beat Janet Fitch’s reissued novel White Oleander. - ‘Liquid poetry is how Oprah Winfrey described it. - IN STYLE UKAbout The Author
Janet Fitch
Janet Fitch lives in Los Angeles, where she is working on her next novel.
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