* A novel that is as beautiful and as dangerous as the Oleander * Chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her bookclub * Over a million copies in print

This debut novel from an American writer is about the relationship between a mother and daughter, and the murder of an ex-lover. There are currently over one million copies in print, due in part to exposure on Oprah Winfrey's Bookclub. It will be advertised in the national press. "Poignant, virtuosic and utterly captivating" "Publisher's Weekly".

Liquid poetry is how Oprah Winfrey described it.