White Oleander by Janet FitchThis book is a book club read that I am re-reading. I read it quite some time ago, but if I am going to discuss a book, I need to be able to actually remember some of the details.
Due to camping this weekend, I missed out on some of my valuable weekend reading time, therefore I am a bit behind on my books this Monday. I just started reading it, but I remember really liking this book. It is not a feel good story, but it is very well written.
I am interested to see how I feel about this book not that I am a mother myself (I read it at least 5 or 6 years ago), I am sure I will feel much differently now than last time I read it.
On the back cover:
Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. 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. Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison.
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. Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned. 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.
Tough, irrepressible, funny and warm, Astrid is one of the most indelible character in recent fiction. White Oleander is an unforgettable story of mothers and daughters, burgeoning sexuality, the redemptive powers of art, and the unstoppable force of the emergent self. Written with exquisite beauty and grace, this is a compelling debut by an author poised to join the ranks of today’s most gifted novelists.
This book was an Oprah’s Book Club pick in 1999
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