White Oleander HARPERFEST Benjamín Labatut's When We Cease

Benjamín Labatut's When We Cease to Understand the World electrified a global readership

grim humor

Expansive and heart-opening--exquisite in their specificity

Larzer Ziff's introduction to this collection of fifteen of Emerson's most significant writings provides the important backdrop to the society in which Emerson lived during his formative years

" A blend of Asher's classics and never-before-seen material

White Oleander HARPERFEST Benjamín Labatut's When We CeaseThe 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