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White Oleander
Janet Fitch
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Description for White Oleander
Paperback. * A novel that is as beautiful and as dangerous as the Oleander * Chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her bookclub * Over a million copies in print Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 272.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860498046
SKU
V9781860498046
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About Janet Fitch
Janet Fitch lives in Los Angeles, where she is working on her next novel.
Reviews for White Oleander
Graceful THE TIMES Poignant, virtuosic and utterly captivating PUBLISHERS WEEKLY However 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 UK