white oleander
Title explanation This book is named White Oleander because Astrid’s mother, Ingrid, murdered her ex-boyfriend by poisoning him with white oleanders. ... For Astrid white oleanders represent evil. ... She broke in and placed white oleanders in his milk, oyster sauce and cottage cheese, and in his toothpaste. She made an arrangement of white oleanders on his table, and scattered blooms on his bed. ... Then Ingrid and Astrid make trip to Tijuana and Ingrid buys a bottle of medicine called, DMSO, which helps drugs absorb through your skin (DMSO helps nicotine patches work), and uses that to poison him with a white oleander. ... White Oleander, the story published in Black Warrior Review which grew into her novel, was named as a distinguished story in Best American Short Stories 1994. ... " Comment We all think that the book White Oleander is a very beautifully written novel, which was beyond our expectations.