| White Oleander Contributor(s): Fitch, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316284955 ISBN-13: 9780316284950 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2000 Annotation: A bestselling first novel about a young woman growing up the hard way, this is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, their ambiguous alliances, and the search for love and identity. When a woman murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, her daughter must navigate a new reality--that of a series of foster homes, each its own universe, each with its own limits and dangers. "A ferocious, risk-loving novel."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98050371 |
| Series: Oprah's Book Club |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.90 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - California - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 32280 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 21.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant poet imprisoned for murder, and her daughter, Astrid, whose odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes-each its own universe, with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons to be learned-becomes a redeeming and surprising journey of self-discovery. |