White Oleander

Janet Fitch

Mar 2013 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

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

Ratings and reviews

I picked up this book on holiday without the slightest notion of what it was about. Its gritty, and raw, and does an exceptional job at placing the reader into the plot and surroundings. I rarely remember the name of books I've read but this is one that has left me with the warm buzzing sound of the la hills without having ever been.

This book is lovely it takes your imagination to a whole new level I felt like I was in the events that were happening

About the author

Janet Fitch lives in Los Angeles, where she is working on her next novel.