White Oleander - Janet Fitch

This book is one of the most haunting and amazing books I've ever read. The thing I like most about is you will never find another book like this. I really don't think anyone could create such an atmospere and plot like Finch did, this was so uniqueness of this adds to the story line. Astrid is a 12 year old girl living with her mother, she doesn't really lead a normal life but it's full of art and poetry. Her mother Ingrid begins to date a man, she falls in love against her will, he is not interested anymore she kills him. That's the most unimportant part of the story. The story really begins when her mum goes to jail and Astrid has to continue life without her mother, ...  Read the complete review

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, ...  Read the complete review