White Oleander
Janet Fitch, 1999
A girl raised by a brilliant, dangerous mother moves through foster homes, learning that beauty and damage can be the same inheritance.
Janet Fitch
White Oleander was published in 1999, became an Oprah's Book Club pick, and was adapted into a 2002 film.
Feels like death, dread and love.
Hatred, praise. Love, suspicion. Love, humiliation.
Isn’t it funny. I’m enjoying my hatred so much more than I ever enjoyed love. Love is temperamental. Tiring. It makes demands. Love uses you, changes its mind. But hatred, now, that’s something you can use. Sculpt. Wield. It’s hard, or soft, however you need it. Love humiliates you, but Hatred cradles you. Books by Janet Fitch
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