Astrid is hospitalized for a few weeks, at which time she begins abusing the prescription drug Demerol.Īfter recovery Astrid is sent to live with Ed and Marvel Turlock, and their two small children, essentially as an unpaid babysitter.
One night, after confronting Ray over his relationship with Astrid (out of jealousy and not concern), Starr shoots Astrid with a. As his interest in Starr diminishes, Starr relapses. Starr has two children of her own, as well as two other foster children.Īstrid (who is 14 by this time) has a sexual relationship with Starr's live-in boyfriend, Ray. First, she joins Starr, a former stripper, and recovering drug addict and alcoholic. Sentenced to life in prison, she promises her daughter that she will come back.Īstrid is shuffled from one foster home to another for years. Barry dies, and Ingrid is charged with his murder. Eventually, Ingrid discovers that Barry is cheating on her with younger women, so she breaks into Barry's house and poisons him with a mixture of DMSO and oleander sap. Astrid's father, Klaus Anders, left before Astrid was old enough to remember him. It was chose as Oprah's Book Club in May 1999, after which it became a national bestseller and adapted into a 2002 film.Īstrid Magnussen is a 12-year-old girl living in Los Angeles, California with her mother, Ingrid Magnussen, a self-centered and eccentric poet. The novel, dealing with themes of motherhood, tells the story of a girl named Astrid who is separated from her mother, Ingrid, and placed in a series of foster homes. White Oleander is a 1999 novel by American author Janet Fitch.
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