Book 9: White Oleander by Janet Fitch

[leabhair]

White Oleander by Janet Fitch, 496 pages

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 Astrids mother falls apart over a lover.

Comments

[hello_leannie]

I loved this book!

[leabhair]

I know! I was thinking of you when I read it. I loved it too. I really loved Astrid - she was awesome. :)

[tree72]

I read this when it first came out, and I liked it, but it didn't "wow" me, like most books I love do.

[leabhair]

You've read everything!! LOL ;) Is there something else you'd recommend similar to this that *DID* wow you?