Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, 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...Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, 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--becomes a redeeming and surprising journey of self-discovery.