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Dec 9, 2020 · Fitch, Janet. Publication date. 2000. Topics. Children of prisoners -- Psychology -- Fiction, Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Fiction, Foster children -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction, Foster children, Mothers and daughters, California -- Los Angeles, United States. Publisher. London : Virago. Collection.
Sep 3, 2020 · Fitch, Janet, 1955-. Publication date. 1999. Topics. Women murderers -- Fiction, Mothers and daughters -- Fiction, Foster children -- Fiction, Large type books. Publisher. Thorndike, Me. : Thorndike Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
Jul 1, 1999 · Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant poet imprisoned for murder, and her daughter, Astrid, whose odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes--each its own universe, with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons to be learned--becomes a ...
"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...
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.
White Oleander. o•le•an•der n. A poisonous Eurasian evergreen shrub (Nerium oleander) having fragrant, white, rose, or purple flowers and whorled leaves [Med. Lat., prob. alteration of L. lat. lorandrum, alter-ation of Lat. rhododendron]. This astonishing novel, universally praised for its lyrical beauty and narrative power, tells an ...
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White Oleander is the moving and complex story of Astrid’s journey through six foster homes across southern California, each one an unnerving snapshot of contemporary American family life. Fitch’s prose is fresh and evocative. . . .
