White Oleander -- Janet Fitch, Paperback Automotive Winner for Superior Achievement in

Winner for Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction

darkness and hope within them--bleed into one another

Published: 5/10/2023

even more importantly

at the beck and call of the abundant wildlife

White Oleander -- Janet Fitch, Paperback Automotive Winner for Superior Achievement inThe unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. 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