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White Oleander
Janet Fitch
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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
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Praise for White Oleander
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Graceful - THE TIMESPoignant, 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 UK
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