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Book Reviews of White Oleander (Audio CD) (Abridged)

White Oleander (Audio CD) (Abridged)
White Oleander - Audio CD - Abridged
Author: Janet Fitch, Oprah Winfrey (Narrator)
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ISBN-13: 9781594835704
ISBN-10: 1594835705
Publication Date: 9/18/2006
Edition: Abridged
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 28 ratings
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Book Type: Audio CD
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reviewed White Oleander (Audio CD) (Abridged) on + 44 more book reviews
It was an Oprah book club choice, and it received good reviews from plenty of people, so your mileage may vary from mine :-)

I wasn't a fan of this book....thought this book was depressing and overwritten--with high drama and not a break for the reader, with the calamities befalling the young protagonist. Not to say this isn't what life is like if your mother is a narcissistic psychotic of some kind.....

It does expose a very dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship and what amounts to serious abuse of a child; adult children of bipolar or otherwise mentally ill but functional parents might find some true chords here. It just didn't work for me at the time I read it.
reviewed White Oleander (Audio CD) (Abridged) on + 44 more book reviews
This book was a different kind of adventure.