White Oleander

I am currently reading White Oleander by Janet Fitch. I bought this book in August at Goodwill bookstore for only 20 peso!! the actual price of it is 325.00 peso (it's a 2nd hand but the condition is still good). I started reading it the day i bought it, and i still have half a book to go. It'll be impossible for me to finish it up anytime soon since my school assignments have started to pour in. To be honest, I havent heard about Janet Fitch before until this book. I rarely buy books of authors that i am not familiar with but, the reason why i particularly bought this book is because the book is listed in Oprah's Book Club AND sold at a very cheap price. Here is a book review of White Oleander that i got from Bookbrowse.com : "Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery-but thei...