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White Oleander is a 2002 American drama film directed by Peter Kosminsky. The film stars Alison Lohman in the central role of Astrid Magnussen and Michelle Pfeiffer as her manipulative mother, Ingrid, with Robin Wright, Noah Wyle, and Renée Zellweger in supporting roles.
White Oleander is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch. In the fashion of a picaresque novel, it deals with themes of motherhood, telling the story of a girl named Astrid who is separated from her mother, Ingrid, and placed in a series of foster homes.
Janet Fitch's 1999 novel White Oleander is centered around a young Southern California girl's experiences growing up in foster care after her mother is imprisoned for poisoning an ex-boyfriend with the plant. The book was adapted into a 2002 film of the same name starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Alison Lohman.
A widely used landscape plant in warmer climates, oleander is grown for its easy-care nature and flowers that bloom almost year-round. Oleander plants are well-suited for residential landscapes, but caution must be taken due to its toxicity.
Jul 1, 1999 · 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--becomes a redee...
Oct 11, 2002 · White Oleander: Directed by Peter Kosminsky. With Amy Aquino, John Billingsley, Elisa Bocanegra, Darlene Bohorquez. A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Jan 29, 2023 · Delicately shaped, showy, fragrant flowers tend to be pink, while some varieties produce red, orange, yellow, or white flowers. Blooming for an especially long period, the 1- to 3-inch flowers appear from spring to summer and sometimes early fall and year-round in warmer climates.
