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. White Oleander is a 2002 American drama film directed by Peter Kosminsky. Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned.

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. Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison. White Oleander is about a mother and a daughters relationship that goes downhill when the mother commits a murder to an ex-lover. Only the oleanders thrived, their delicate poisonous blooms, their dagger green. The audiobook of 'White Oleander' is read by the author, Janet Fitch. 'The Santa Anas blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw. The book has been adapted into two different genres, a film and an audiobook, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. 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 book explores the complex relationships between mothers and daughters, as well as the themes of love, loss, and betrayal. Astrid 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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