I had originally planned on reading Diary of a Street Kid as my first book choice but after reviewing the books and learning more about them I became a lot more interested in White Oleander instead. In White Oleander by Janet Fitch it talks about a life of a mother and daughter. I got through the first chapter and in this is introduces me to Ingrid(mother) and Astrid(daughter). It also tells me more about where they are living which is in California. In this chapter it mainly talked focused on both the mother and daughter and what they did on a daily basis. The mother works at a magazine company for 8 an hour and always brings Astrid along. At work it always said Ingrid would just turn her music on and not listen to the discussion that was going on and to me it seemed like she did not want to be there as she wasn't really interacting or participating at all. Near the end of this chapter you kind of see how Astrid feels about everything in general. She feels that it is her fault her mom has to have a job that she doesn't like because of Astrid. If she didn't have a daughter then she wouldn't have to worry about electric bills or having to buy Astrid new shoes as hers were two sizes too small. It makes Astrid seem like she is upset and guilty because she is forcing her mom not to be happy as she needs to be provided with food and a place to live. I look forward to reading the next chapter and seeing what will happen next.
Looked up: more about "santa anas" - in this book the santa anas come up a lot and I briefly knew what they were but I looked them up in more detail so I would know more about them. The site I went to was on:
http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/~fovell/ASother/mm5/SantaAna/winds.html
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