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 White Oleander - Janet Fitch
Description: ISBN 1860498043 / Author: Janet Fitch / Genre: Fiction / Astrid Magnussen, the teenage narrator of Janet Fitch's engrossing first novel, ... more  White Oleander - Janet Fitch ... White Oleander, has a mother who is as sharp as a new knife. An uncompromising poet, Ingrid despises weakness and self- pity, telling her daughter that they are descendants of Vikings, savages who fought fiercely to survive. And when one of Ingrid's boyfriends abandons her, she illustrates her point, killing the man with the poison of oleander flowers. This leads to a life-sentence in prison, leaving Astrid to teach herself the art of survival in a string of Los Angeles foster homes.Newest Review: ... lovemaking ('you must never let a man sleep in your bed' she says) Astrids fantasies of a normal family life start to ... more ... come true. For a while, she becomes like any other kid - going to bowling alleys, having days out, and generally feeling part of something. All of which comes crashing down when her mothers crazy passions become too much for the man in question - he finishes the relationship and ends up on the receiving end of a bitter dose of poison. Then the book really begins... Like a modern day Oliver Twist, Astrid finds herself all alone in the world. Her mother, protesting innocence, is sentenced to life imprisonment ...more |
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Format: Audiobook on cassette, Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
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White Oleander - Janet Fitch: Disturbing, poetic, beautiful... (918 words)
by ShoppingGirl - written on 02/11/01 (Very useful, 450 readings)
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What is a white oleander? I learned from this book that a white oleander is a beatiful, delicate tree that produces gorgeous white flowers. But - the white oleander also contains a deadly poison, brutal enough to inflict death. This flower serves as a metaphor for so many things in this story - for love, for childhood, for parenthood, but most of all for Ingrid - a scandinavian blonde with an innate sense of poetry, but a loose grip on reality. This haunting book is the story of Astrid - Ingrid's daughter. As the book opens on a parched LA landscape, we learn about how much Astrid loves her crazy, artistic mother. She follows her everywhere, ...
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