White Oleander

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. Free Download [ White Oleander ] author [ Janet Fitch ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr If nothing else, read this book for the language White Oleander reads like a poem It s so beautifully crafted.Well, what was I supposed to rate it I did work awfully hard on W.O still like it Sad to think Oprah s book club is all over, it was quite an experience.Dark, depressing, disturbing, and so beautiful When the author described the August summer heat I felt it, like hot breath on my neck I fell in love with Ingrid and her beauty and ideas of the world Then I became Astrid, and I felt how much she loved her and how bad it hurt to also hate her, but hate Ingrid I did I would walk away from long reading sessions feeling hardened and detached It s not an easy read, but I find literature that can make me feel so strongly well deserving of praise Dark, depressing, disturbing, and so beautiful When the author described the August summer heat I felt it, like hot breath on my neck I fell in love with Ingrid and her beauty and ideas of the world Then I became Astrid, and I felt how much she loved her and how bad it hurt to also hate her, but hate Ingrid I did I would walk away from long reading sessions feeling hardened and detached It s not an easy read, but I find literature that can make me feel so strongly well deserving of praise The words were like a sad song I connected with them so much that they became the theme song of my life for days The p...This is Astrid s story.We meet her first when she is twelve and in Ingrid s her mother care.Ingrid is a woman of such rare, unearthly beauty as to be most likely found in dreams.Fitch describes her through Astrid s eyes, gradually, poetically, using very sparse language, as the story unfolds, with words that sing, the pages glistening with the image reflected from her eyes The Santa Anas blew in hot from the desert, shrivelling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw Only the This is Astrid s story.We meet her first when she is twelve and in Ingrid s her mother care.Ingrid is a woman of such rare, unearthly beauty as to be most likely fo...I have many thoughts that I m having trouble putting into words Before reading the final chapter of the book, I had to put it down, lean my head back against the couch and think about the experience I ve had while reading this book Astrid s journey, her development from girl to woman, is remarkably crafted Fitch s writing paints the arid desert and mountain brush in such fine detail Atmospherically, this story was superb I was totally immersed in the story, in the physical spaces that Astri I hav...This was a masterful yarn about a complex relationship between mother and daughter It was about the loss of self, the journey of finding oneself, and most importantly the resilience of the human spirit This wasn t a tale of any ordinary bond between mother and daughter, this was a story of the severe dysfunction that occurs when a mother, Ingrid, is imprisoned for murder and a daughter, Astrid, is passed around like garbage from one foster home to another This novel explores the intricacies This was a masterful yarn about a complex relationship between mother and daughter It was about the loss of self, the journey of finding oneself, and most importantly the resilience of the human spirit This wasn t a tale of any ordinary bond between mother and daughter...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here this is a horrifying book, not necessarily for the story s content which IS horrifying , but for it s plot, execution, characterization, and particularly its overcooked writing some observations 1 astrid the novel s protagonist, a fourteen year old girl, is a thoroughly contradictory character some people have ...There must be a reason why I ve been able to recall many of the books I ve read over the years, but that it took me until one of my most restless and procrastibatory nights in front of the blank Word doc to dredge this one up from the recesses of memory, even though I read it within the past year or two.I m pretty sure I know what that reason is, too it s because on some level I m embarrassed that I read this book, and that I actually really liked it.I m pretty sure I know where that embarrassm There must be a reason why I ve been able to recall many of the books I ve read over the years...Wow, this is a BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE and an intelligent and heartbreaking, true and honest story When I was about 100 pages into the book, I already knew that this was going to be a new favourite of mine Now that I ve finished it, I can honestly say that this is one of the most raw books I ve ever read What strikes me the most about this story is the impeccable writing style The main character, Astrid, tells the story in a very impressionistic way and it was beautiful Janet Fitch has a way Wow, this is a BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE and an intelligent and heartbreaking, true and honest story When I was about 100 pages into the book, I already knew that this was going to be a new favourite of mine Now that I ve finished it, I can honestly say that this is one of the most raw books I ve ever read What strikes me the most about this story is the impeccable writing style The main character, Astrid, tells the story in a very impressionistic way and it was beautiful Janet Fitch has a way of comparing life to ordinary things and creating metaphors that are spot on, and it was so easy to follow Astrid s train of thoughts and feel for her through her struggles The impeccable writing style was then paired to a beautiful and as I said raw story about doubt, loneliness, love, insecurity and so ...What exquisite writing, never have I read a book that speaks so beautifully but also describes pain so acutely Astrid becomes a ward of the state after her mother commits a crime of passion and is imprisoned Although her mother is behind bars, Astrid cannot shake her mother s deep hold on her Her mother, beautiful Nordic Ingrid Magnussen A true seductress a woman who can weave a web of destruction with her beauty, poetry and words, people fall in love with her, men in particular, she is dang What exquisite writing, never have I read a book that speaks so beautifully but also describes pain so acutely Astrid becomes a ward of the state after her mother commits a crime of passion and is imprisoned Although her mother is behind bars, Astrid cannot shake her mother s deep hold on her Her mother, beautiful Nordic Ingrid Magnussen A true seductress a woman who can weave a web of destruction with her beauty, poetry and words, people fall in love with her, men in particular, s...

• English
• 13 July 2018
Janet Fitch
• Paperback
• 446 pages
• 0316182540
• Janet Fitch
• White Oleander