Book overview When Astrid's mother, a beautiful, headstrong poet, murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, Astrid becomes one of the thousands of foster children in Los Angeles. As she navigates this new reality, Astrid finds strength in her unshakable certainty of her own worth and her unfettered sense of the absurd. Product information ASIN ‎0316182540 Publisher ‎Little, Brown and Company; 0 edition (September 1, 2001) Language ‎English Paperback ‎496 pages ISBN-10 ‎9780316182546 ISBN-13 ‎978-0316182546 Item Weight ‎8 ounces Dimensions ‎4 x 1 x 6.5 inches Best Sellers Rank #2,138,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #85,764 in Literary Fiction (Books) Customer Reviews 4.4 out of 5

Book overview When Astrid's mother, a beautiful, headstrong poet, murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, Astrid becomes one of the thousands of foster children in Los Angeles. As she navigates this new reality, Astrid finds strength in her unshakable certainty of her own worth and her unfettered sense of the absurd. Product information ASIN ‎0316182540 Publisher ‎Little, Brown and Company; 0 edition (September 1, 2001) Language ‎English Paperback ‎496 pages ISBN-10 ‎9780316182546 ISBN-13 ‎978-0316182546 Item Weight ‎8 ounces Dimensions ‎4 x 1 x 6.5 inches Best Sellers Rank #2,138,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #85,764 in Literary Fiction (Books) Customer Reviews 4.4 out of 5

Book overview When Astrid's mother, a beautiful, headstrong poet, murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, Astrid becomes one of the thousands of foster children in Los Angeles. As she navigates this new reality, Astrid finds strength in her unshakable certainty of her own worth and her unfettered sense of the absurd. Product information ASIN ‎0316182540 Publisher ‎Little, Brown and Company; 0 edition (September 1, 2001) Language ‎English Paperback ‎496 pages ISBN-10 ‎9780316182546 ISBN-13 ‎978-0316182546 Item Weight ‎8 ounces Dimensions ‎4 x 1 x 6.5 inches Best Sellers Rank #2,138,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #85,764 in Literary Fiction (Books) Customer Reviews 4.4 out of 5