Critical Praise

"Emotionally gripping... eerily seductive."

——Gail Caldwell, Boston Globe

"White oleander, a beautiful but poisonous plant, is a metaphor for motherhood in this impressive first novel.... Fitch's startlingly apt language relates a story that is both intelligent and gripping."

——Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, New York Times Book Review

"A truly gifted writer.... Astrid's journey is much, much more than the gripping, page-turning adventure of a young hero tripping through life. It is life."

——Warwick Downing, Denver Post