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- 2000
- year of publication
- —
- pages
- English (United Kingdom)
- language
- Softcover
- cover
- Publisher
- virago
- ISBN-13
- 978-18-6049-804-6
- EAN
- 9781860498046
- Publication date
- 2000-11-02
- Book
- White Oleander · 3 editions
The publisher on this edition
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
