A bestselling first novel about a young woman growing up the hard way, this is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, their ambiguous alliances, and the search for love and identity. When a woman murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, her daughter must navigate a new reality--that of a series of foster homes, each its own universe, each with its own...
Read moreA bestselling first novel about a young woman growing up the hard way, this is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, their ambiguous alliances, and the search for love and identity. When a woman murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, her daughter must navigate a new reality--that of a series of foster homes, each its own universe, each with its own limits and dangers. A ferocious, risk-loving novel. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review. From the Publisher White Oleander was already a bookseller favorite and well on its way to becoming a word-of-mouth bestseller when Oprah Winfrey selected it for her book club and propelled the novel to the top of bestseller lists everywhere. -- A coast-to-coast bestseller: #1 USA Today, #1 The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Washington Post, et al. -- Both a literary and a commercial triumph -- it has over one million hardcover copies in print. -- A mother-daughter story that resonates for all women and for men, too. -- Perfect for reading groups -- a reading group guide will be bound in.
