[books]

I finished reading White Oleander by Janet Fitch almost a week ago, but forgot to blog it.

This was a book that I had started and put down a few times, but this time I actually made my way through it.  I don’t think I would have normally picked this book up…but my sister recommended it. And it pains me to say this, but Oprah’s picks tend to be pretty good books.

The only complaint I have about this book is that the beginning is told from a 12-year-old’s perspective, yet written with an adult voice.  I don’t know what I expected, but there was a strange disconnect between narrator and the actions.

This book is about Astrid – a young girl whose poet/murderer mother is serving a life-sentence in prison.  Astrid is tossed from foster home to foster home trying to figure out who she is, who her mother is, and fighting to survive and stick up for herself.

It’s a depressing look at the foster care system, but overall an uplifting book about the strength of a young woman that experienced a difficult childhood.

What I’m Reading Now: End Zone by Don DeLillo

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