# White Oleander

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- Book: [White Oleander](https://www.bookquiver.com/janet-fitch/white-oleander) ([White Oleander.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/janet-fitch/white-oleander.md))
- Authors: [Janet Fitch](https://www.bookquiver.com/janet-fitch)
- Publisher: virago
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0552-896-2
- Published: 2013-03-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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