White_Oleander

White Oleander The title of the book is White Oleander. Janet Fitch wrote this novel. White Oleander was originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company. The novel was published in New York. The novel was published in April of 1999. Astrid Magnussen is the main character in White Oleander. She goes through many achievements, emotions, downfalls, and maturing at a very young age throughout her life. Astrid was only thirteen when her mother, Ingrid was sent to prison for killing the man she was dating. Astrid is sent to multiple foster homes where she faces many different situations. Through foster homes she finds her true self and potential she never knew she had. Astrid use to draw to get her mind off her mother and to escape her life. She loved to draw and paint people who she was staying astrid, claire, life, foster, white, sent, published, oleander, novel, mother, astrid’s, through, one, never, mothers, joseph, incident, homes, draw, both, book, artist, young, york, wrote, very, upside, turned, true, title, throughout, thought, thirteen, talented, suicide288