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White Oleander by Janet Fitch

Prompt: A Book About Mental Illness

"The language was really beautiful, but this book spoke to me on a few different levels. I also had a parent in jail when I was a child (though I didn't have to go through the foster system), and the way narcissism in the mother was portrayed was chillingly realistic. Astrid felt so real, and fragile yet tough as she grew up." — Denise