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White oleander : a novel / Janet Fitch.
Telling 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 univese, with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons to be learned - becomes a redeeming and surprising journey of self-discovery.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316284950 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780316569323
- ISBN: 0316569321
- ISBN: 0316284955 (US: pbk.)
- Physical Description: 390 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown, c1999.
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- 11 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Elkford Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Elkford Public Library | FC FIT (Text) | 35170000148908 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. John Public Library | AF FIT (Text) | BFSJ099067 | ADULT Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC FITC (Text) | 30886000165502 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Houston Public Library | F FIT (Text) | 35150001398058 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kaslo and District Public Library | AF FIT (Text) | 35134000208435 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kitimat Public Library | Fit (Text) | 32665002024117 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Mackenzie Public Library | FIT (Text) | 35192000007728 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | Fitc (Text) | 33294001808344 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
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33923002771099 | General Fiction | Not holdable | Lost | - |
| Sechelt Public Library | F FITC (Text) | 33260000071739 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The struggle to build an authentic identity lies at the heart of Astrid's life as a foster child in Los Angeles after her poet mother, who has kept Astrid isolated from the world, is imprisoned for murder - Baker & Taylor
The struggle to build an authentic identity lies at the heart of Astrid's life as a foster child in Los Angeles after her poet mother, who has kept Astrid isolated from the world, is imprisoned for murder. A first novel. Reprint. 250,000 first printing. - Grand Central PubThe 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-becomes a redeeming and surprising journey of self-discovery.
- Hachette Book Group
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.