White Oleander -- Janet Fitch, Paperback Automotive Is it possible to achieve

Is it possible to achieve peak physical health without a gym

yet hopeful and miracle-prone

darkness and hope within them--bleed into one another

tracing her family's ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America's highest court within the span of one generation

and the guest ends up dead

White Oleander -- Janet Fitch, Paperback Automotive Is it possible to achieveThe 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