
- Publisher:
- PHOENIX
- Year of publication:
- 2000
- ISBN:
- 978-1-86049-804-6
- Pages:
- 390
WHITE OLEANDER
JANET FITCH
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.