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Title: Adjective abuse in an interesting but unfulfilling story
Review: I must have missed my calling in life if this and Anita Shreve's ,The Pilot's Wife, are examples of publishable writing in the 90s. Both have huge gaps in story and character development. I approached reading each book with anticipation based on Oprah's high praise however I found them to be lacking the in basic requirements of Composition 101. Anyone with a thesaurus could have penned White Oleander. The superfluous use of descriptive phrases and the lack of any caring humanity in this book was annoying and disturbing. Astrid ultimately was as cold and disconnected as her mother but at least we know why,--no mother, father or family--. And in Pilot's Wife that daughter was really cold and unlikable. What's the message here. And where is REALLY good writing?
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