White Oleander HARPERFEST --Melissa Febos

--Melissa Febos

in this swoony second-chance romance for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur and Ashley Herring Blake

Powerful forces are guarding a vast criminal enterprise

The secret is to find "leverage points" places where a little bit of effort can yield a disproportionate return

The Widow's House

White Oleander HARPERFEST --Melissa FebosThe unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant poet imprisoned for murder, and her daughter, Astrid, whose odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes each its own universe, with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons to be learned