num_pages: 499
description: 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.
language: English
title: White Oleander
titlecomplete: White Oleander
characters: Astrid Magnusson, Ingrid Magnusson
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Drama, Young Adult, Adult, Chick Lit, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 348721
places: The United States of America, Los Angeles, California
publisher: Virago Press