The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of cathy dollanganger.
Flowers in the attic series storyline.
Flowers in the attic is a dark gothic tale of greed and incest that will keep readers spellbound until the final paragraph.
Storyline based on v c.
Initiating with the highly popular flowers in the attic the series constitutes five novels the last of which garden of shadows was completed by andrew neiderman and published in 1986.
Best known for books like flowers in the attic the wildly over the top 1979 gothic family saga about four children locked in an attic by their grandmother vc andrews died in 1986 but that.
Plot in the late 1950s the dollanganger children 14 year old chris 12 year old cathy 5 year old twins carrie and cory live happily with their parents christopher and corrine in pennsylvania.
Andrews controversial cult classic novel flowers in the attic tells the story of the dollanganger kids who after the unexpected death of their father are coerced to stay hidden in the attic of their ruthless grandmother.
Eponymously named the dollanganger series was published in 1979 and chronicles the story of the dollanganger family.
Children are hidden away in the attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
Andrews controversial cult classic novel flowers in the attic tells the story of the dollanganger kids who after the unexpected death of their father are coerced to stay hidden in the attic of their ruthless grandmother.
The book was extremely po.
Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary.
Andrews books but flowers in the attic is one which i could never quite bring myself to be interested in.
Thanks for exploring this supersummary study guide of flowers in the attic by v.
It was twice adapted into films in 1987 and 2014.
It is the first book in the dollanganger series and was followed by petals on the wind if there be thorns seeds of yesterday garden of shadows christopher s diary.
After the death of her husband a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge decrepit old mansion.
Flowers in the attic summary and study guide.
Flowers in the attic i ve read a number of other v c.
Flowers in the attic weaves the twisted story of the dollanganger kids who after the unexpected death of their father are asked by their mother corrine to stay hidden in the attic of their wealthy grandparents mansion so she can reclaim the family.
The dollanganger family lives in pennsylvania where their father often travels on business for the public relations firm for which he works.
However the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic visited only by the grandmother and their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health and more concerned about herself and the inheritance she plans to win back from her dying father.
For personal reasons i was disturbed by the infamous incest subplot that the book has and the story always sounded very odd to me.
