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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

White Oleander

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    A Paperback by Janet Fitch

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 1 February 2000
      ISBN-13 9781860498046
      978-1860498046
      ISBN-10 1860498043
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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

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