White Oleander = Белый олеандр

Young and talented Astrid lives in the shadow of her mother, a poetess, an inaccessible socialite, the Snow Queen of high society.
When a suddenly ignited passion drives her mother to commit a crime, the girl finds herself abandoned to fate.... Moving from one foster family to another, the growing Astrid becomes not only an unwilling spectator but also an actress in the theater of the complicated relationships between men and women. The girl tries on different roles until one day a vague childhood memory makes her ponder who she really is. To uncover the past, Astrid is ready to make a deal with her own conscience. Step by step, she approaches the unraveling of her family’s secrets. The book presents a shortened and adapted text at the Pre-Intermediate level.