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White Oleander
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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White Oleander
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Janet Fitch
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:400 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781860498046
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.54 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Little, Brown Book Group
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| Imprint |
Virago Press Ltd
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| Publication Date |
2 November 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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
Author Biography
Janet Fitch's fiction has appeared in A Room of One's Own, Black Warrior Review and Rain City Review, among other publications. She lives in Los Angeles.
Reviews'Hard-hitting, compelling and brilliantly written' COSMOPOLITAN 'Graceful' THE TIMES 'Poignant, virtuosic and utterly captivating' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'Extraordinary ... Her prose is full of startling images, snippets of poetry and one magnificent, blisteringly angry "found" poem. This highly impressive debut takes on all the big themes' OBSERVER 'Tangled, complex and extraordinarily written' OBSERVER
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