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Marion Marshall
Maybe check out "Boy, Snow, Bird" by Helen Oyeyemi? That book shares the figure of a Bad Mother. Or Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" -- it has a slow beginning, but if you can slog through that first couple chapters then it picks up; it's similar to "White Oleander" in that it has the orphan character and describes similar desolation as well as being a coming of age story.
Donetta
This is an old question but just in case you still needed to know... Fitch has out a couple more novels. I bought Paint it Black by Janet Fitch based on her amazing story telling in White Oleander. I found Paint it Black to be just as well written with characters that are equal to how people view Ingrid and Astrid. Also, Blood Orange by Drusilla Campbell is an amazing read with complex characters and amazing prose.
Tawnie
I would say the ones that I can think of are Wait for me. There is more romance in it than Oleander but it also talks a lot about the relationship between a mother, sister, and older daughter. The lovely bones very sad and poetic. It is written in the perspective of a dead 12 year old who watches how her family and friends change after she has been murdered (and also raped). I've read it twice it is equally sad and beautiful. A certain slant of light is also good to read. Story isn't similar but it is written beautifully. Talks a lot about death, life and religion.
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Apr 28, 2020 04:23PM · flag