Who was I, really? I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian…

Janet Fitch
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Who was I, really? I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian state, my own personal history rewritten to fit the story she was telling that day. There were so many missing pieces. I was starting to find some of them, working my way upriver, collecting a secret cache of broken memories in a shoebox. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.246, Hachette UK
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she’s not as pretty as you,” I said “But she’s a simpler girl,” my mother whispered. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.22, Hachette UK
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She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar. ✨ Janet Fitch (2002). White Oleander, Large Print Press

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