Flowers In The Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition (Dollanganger Book 1)

A major Lifetime movie event—the novel that captured the world's imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. Book One of the Dollanganger Family series. At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent, and struggling to stay alive… They were a perfect family, golden and carefree—until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother’s vast mansion, their loving mother assures them it will be just for a little while. But as brutal days swell into agonizing months and years, Cathy, Chris, and twins Cory and Carrie realize their survival is at the mercy of their cruel and superstitious grandmother…and this cramped and helpless world may be the only one they ever know. Book One of the Dollanganger series, followed by Petals in the Wind , If There be Thorns , Seeds of Yesterday , and Garden of Shadows . ** The four Dollanganger children ha such perfect lives--a beautiful mother, a doting father, a lovely home. Then Daddy was killed in a car accident, and Momma could no longer support the family. So she began writing letters to her parents, her millionaire parents, whom the children had never heard of before. Momma tells the children all about their rich grandparents, and how Chris and Cathy and the twins will live like princes and princesses in their grandparents' fancy mansion. The children are only too delighted by the prospect. But ther are a few things that Momma hasn't tole them. She hasn't told them that their grandmother considers them "devil's spawn" who should never have been born. She hasn't told them that she has to hide them from their grandfather if she wants to inherit his fortune. She hasn't told them that they are to be locked away in an abandoned wing of the house with only the dark, airless attic to play in. But, Momma promises, it's only for a few days... Then the days stretch into months, and the months into years. Desperately isolated, terrified of their grandmother, and increasingly convinced that their mother no longer cares about them, Chris and Cathy become all things to the twins and to each other. They cling to their love as their only hope, their only strength--a love that is almost stronger than death. (back cover) Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the enduring gothic masterpiece Flowers in the Attic #8212;the unforgettable forbidden love story that earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base and became an international cult classic. At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden#8212;blond, innocent, and fighting for their lives... They were a perfect and beautiful family#8212;until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. They are kept in the attic of their grandmother's labyrinthine mansion, isolated and alone. As the visits from their seemingly unconcerned mother slowly dwindle, the four children grow ever closer and depend upon one another to survive both this cramped world and their cruel grandmother. A suspenseful and thrilling tale of family, greed, murder, and forbidden love, Flowers in the Attic is the unputdownable first novel of the epic Dollanganger family saga. The Dollanganger series includes: Flowers in the Attic , Petals in the Wind , If There Be Thorns , Seeds of Yesterday , Garden of Shadows , Beneath the Attic , and Out of the Attic The four Dollanganger children had such perfect lives--a beautiful mother, a doting father, a lovely home. Then suddenly, Daddy was killed in a car accident, and Momma was left deeply in debt, with no skills to earn a living to support her family. So she began writing letters to her parents, her millionaire parents, whom the children had never heard of before. Momma tells them all about their rich grandparents, and about how Chris and Cathy and thetTwins will live like princes and princesses in the grandparents' fancy mansion in Virginia. The children are only too delighted by the prospect of their new life until they discover there are a few things Momma hasn't told them. She hasn't told them that their grandmother considers them "devil's spawn" who should never have been born "They were a perfect family, golden and carefree--until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother's vast mansion, their loving mother assures them it will be just for a little while. But as brutal days swell into agonizing months and years, Cathy, Chris, and twins Cory and Carrie realize their survival is at the mercy of their cruel and superstitious grandmother ... and this cramped and helpless world may be the only one they ever know."--Back cover They were a perfect family, golden and carefree--until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother's vast mansion, their loving mother assures them it will be just for a little while. But as brutal days swell into agonising months and years, Cathy, Chris, and twins Cory and Carrie realize their survival is at the mercy of their cruel and superstitious grandmother ... and this cramped and helpless world may be the only one they ever know

this Is The Extroardinary Novel That Has Captured Millions In Its Spell!

all Across America And Around The World, Millions Of Readers Have Been Captivated By This Strange, Dark, Terriifying Tale Of Passion And Peril In The Lives Of Four Innoocent Children, Locked Away From The World By A Selfish Mother.

flowers In The Attic Is The Novel That Launched The Extraordinary Career Of V.c. Andrews®, Winning Her An Immediate And Fiercely Devoted Worldwide Following; Today There Are More Than 85 Million Copies Of Her Books In Print.

Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series. The novel is written in the first-person, from the point of view of Cathy Dollanganger. In 1993, Flowers in the Attic was awarded the Secondary BILBY Award. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's 200 "best-loved novels." ---------- Also contained in: [Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16524231W) Chris, Cathy, and the twins are to be kept hidden until their grandfather dies so that their mother will receive a sizeable inheritance, however, years pass and terrifying things occur as the four children grow up in their one room prison The four Dollanganger children move to their grandparents house with their mother. But things are not as they seem. Their mother then locks them in an abandoned wing of the large house and tells them it's only for a few days .. Truly, when I was very young, way back in the Fifties, I believed all of life would be like one long and perfect summer day. Four children are locked into the attic of their grandmother's home after the death of their father