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Post by bookaddict on Nov 15, 2006 23:53:54 GMT -5
She wrote White Oleander, which is an amazing book. I just found out that she has a new book called "paint it black." ooooo......I want it!
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Nov 16, 2006 12:44:53 GMT -5
Yay, I´ve heard of white orleander but I haven´t read either of her books. You´re really tough on my list  |
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Post by bookaddict on Nov 16, 2006 12:55:11 GMT -5
LoL sorry...
White Oldeander is amazing! It was made into a movie. I remember being in college and all these girls were reading it in my lit classes.
"Paint it Black" also has good reviews, and I ordered it this morning!
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Nov 16, 2006 13:25:47 GMT -5
I might check it out on my next library trip.
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Post by bookaddict on Nov 16, 2006 14:05:56 GMT -5
I really recommend it!
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Post by littlerhody9 on Nov 16, 2006 16:07:33 GMT -5
I loved White Oleander, I read it about three years ago. And the movie wasn't half bad, either.
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katiaisme
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
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Post by katiaisme on Nov 17, 2006 16:08:08 GMT -5
White Oleander is my favorite book and Movie, i also want to read her new book.
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Post by bookaddict on Nov 17, 2006 16:28:42 GMT -5
I couldn't help myself and i bought it...
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Post by Tabitha on Nov 17, 2006 17:25:48 GMT -5
I loved White Oleander. I read it several years ago during the summer but I never saw the movie. I should probably read it again.
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czarval
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Post by czarval on Nov 18, 2006 1:28:26 GMT -5
I've heard about it, but I've never actually known anyone's whose read it. What's it about?
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Post by bookaddict on Nov 18, 2006 8:59:23 GMT -5
Astrid Magnussen, the teenage narrator of Janet Fitch's engrossing first novel, White Oleander, has a mother who is as sharp as a new knife. An uncompromising poet, Ingrid despises weakness and self-pity, telling her daughter that they are descendants of Vikings, savages who fought fiercely to survive. And when one of Ingrid's boyfriends abandons her, she illustrates her point, killing the man with the poison of oleander flowers. This leads to a life sentence in prison, leaving Astrid to teach herself the art of survival in a string of Los Angeles foster homes.
As Astrid bumps from trailer park to tract house to Hollywood bungalow, White Oleander uncoils her existential anxieties. "Who was I, really?" she asks. "I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian state, my own personal history rewritten to fit the story she was telling that day. There were so many missing pieces." Fitch adroitly leads Astrid down a path of sorting out her past and identity. In the process, this girl develops a wire-tight inner strength, gains her mother's white-blonde beauty, and achieves some measure of control over their relationship. Even from prison, Ingrid tries to mold her daughter. Foiling her, Astrid learns about tenderness from one foster mother and how to stand up for herself from another. Like the weather in Los Angeles--the winds of the Santa Anas, the scorching heat--Astrid's teenage life is intense. Fitch's novel deftly displays that, and also makes Astrid's life meaningful. --Katherine Anderson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Nov 18, 2006 10:02:05 GMT -5
Sounds really interesting. What a mother!
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Post by bookaddict on Nov 18, 2006 10:02:59 GMT -5
It's really good! One of my favorite books!
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czarval
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Post by czarval on Nov 22, 2006 16:11:11 GMT -5
Well, I'm intrigued. I'll have to read it now. Good thing winter holidays are coming up.
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Post by bookaddict on Nov 22, 2006 16:35:08 GMT -5
Which one white oleander or paint it black?
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