num_pages: 390
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: Ingrid Magnusson, Astrid Magnusson
genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Drama, Chick Lit, Adult, Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 348715
places: Los Angeles, California, The United States of America
publisher: Little Brown & Co