Oprah Winfrey enjoyed this gripping first novel so much that she not only made it her book club pick, she asked if she could narrate the audio release. With determination and humor, Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty, and strives to learn who a motherless child in an indifferent world can become. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world of ritual and mystery. Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned. White Oleander Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her beauty to intimidate and manipulate. White Oleander is the unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances. Only Claire Richards, actress wife of a wealthy TV producer, seems to offer a. Her father long gone, Astrid ends up in foster care, moving through dysfunctional households across southern California. Astrid is 12 when her beloved mother, the poet Ingrid Magnussen, murders a former lover and is sent to jail. Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison. A first-rate debut about a teenaged girl’s arduous six-year journey of self-discovery. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery - but their idyll is shattered when Astrid's mother falls apart over a lover. The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption.Īstrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men.
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