finished white oleander

it was somewhat amusing in a more literate way. i was sometimes caought in the adventure of Astrid, but was left trailing for the meaningful writing that was not captured thouroughly.

Astrid left from few others foster home. In the end, she concluded positively of all the foster mothers' meaningful impact to her life and has been responsible to shape her to what she has become.

my fav part (i thought is a bless in disguise )pg 459: " all my mothers. like guests at a fairy-tale christening they had bestowed their gifts on me. they were mine now. olivia's generosity, her knowledge of men. claire's tenderness and faith. if not for marvel, how would i penetrated the mysteries of american family? if not for niki, when might i learned to laugh? and yvonne, mi hermosa, you gave me the real mother, the blood mother, that wasn't behind wire, but somewhere inside. rena stole my pride but gave back something more, taught me to salvage, gleam from the wreckage what could be remade and resold.

i carried all of them, sculpted by every hnd i'd passed through, carelessly or lovingly, it didn't matter. amelia ramos, that skunk-streaked bitch, taught me to stand up for myself, beat the bars until i got what i needed. starr tried to kill me, but also bought me my first high heels. who would i give up now? "

white oleander by janet fitch

started to read this book august 20, 2009. like a little bit boring. the sentences are more complicated and poetic. not my cup of tea. not much.

story about astrid and her mother. the intro reminded me a little bit on a movie ( forgotten its title) starring natalie portman and alaa forgot her name also lah. where by the mother was a little irresponsible and the daughter has more senses.

the mother, ingrid got herself fallen for a guy, the guy's a liar and she took revenge to him. killed him. she got to prisoned. astrid are now leaving with foster parents. the first one, she got hooked herself with a 50 years old man ( his actually her foster mother's boyfriend and she was actually only 14 yo ), foster mom caught her and shot her.

she moved than to a new foster family, the turlock. at the moment the mom was hard. asks her to clean up, baby sit, laundry and worst of all a beautician. again got herself attached to a lady who was not accepted in the neighborhood. again got thrown out and went to live to another foster home that didn't feed her lunch , lock the fridge and just give dinner only.

she than asks for a new placement. after some distress, she manage out and was place into a very nice actress lady and the husband does something on tv. she is having a time of her life now. leaving her dream with the richards, only that ron is not all that great. claire is facing a strenous relationship with the husband. suspected he has other women.