Astrid is the only child of single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery but their idyll is shattered when Astrid's mother falls apart [...]
This North Pole village is full of charming places for Santa and his helpers to work and play. Create a whimsical appliqued scene, or stitch one of two smaller scenes using elements from a just a few blocks.Includes instructions for one large and two small wall hangingsLearn an innovative color-stac[...]
White Oleander is a painfully beautiful first novel about a young girl growing up the hard way. It is a powerful story of mothers and daughters, their ambiguous alliances, their selfish love and cruel behaviour, and the search for love and identity.Astrid has been raised by her mother, a beautiful, [...]