Her first father figure encourages Astrid’s art, and becomes her first lover, until Starr attempts to kill Astrid out of jealousy. When her mother is sentenced to life in prison, Astrid finds herself in the Los Angeles foster care program and begins a string of defective, harmful relationships with those she calls ‘family.’ Her first home is with Starr, a born-again former addict, and her boyfriend, Ray. Harnessing the power of the toxic, yet elegant, white oleander flower, Ingrid murders Barry in cold blood. After countless trysts with various men, Ingrid is dejected and crazed over an ex-lover, Barry. Stunningly beautiful and incredibly talented, Astrid’s mother, Ingrid, only has one admirer in her life her daughter. An Oprah’s Book Choice in 1999, White Oleander by Janet Fitch is a tale of love deep, twisted love, and the strain of relationships on the story’s protagonist, Astrid Magnussen. It can be one of hate, of discord, of strain, of deep love. A relationship between a daughter and her mother is hard to describe.
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