This saga delves into the dark and complex lives of a deeply dysfunctional family, where secrets and troubled relationships span generations. It explores profound psychological struggles and moral quandaries that shape the destinies of its members. The compelling narrative uncovers how the past relentlessly haunts the present, revealing the devastating consequences of destructive family dynamics. It is a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and the desperate search for redemption, set against a backdrop that masks underlying turmoil.
The haunting young adult gothic romance classic that launched Virginia Andrews' incredible best-selling career. Up in the attic, four secrets are hidden. Four blonde, beautiful, innocent little secrets, struggling to stay alive...
For Carrie, Chris and Cathy the attic was a dark horror that would not leave their minds. Of course mother had to pretend they didn't exist and grandmother was convinced they had the devil in them. But that wasn't their fault. Was it? Cathy knew what to do. She knew it was time to show her mother and grandmother that the pain and terror of the attic could not be forgotten...Show them. Show them -- once and for all.
Now a major Lifetime movie event—Book Three of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Attic—the novel of forbidden love that captured the world’s imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. They hide the shocking truth to protect their children. But someone who knows their dark secret is watching. Christopher and Cathy have made a loving home for their handsome and talented teenager Jory, their imaginative nine-year-old Bart, and a sweet baby daughter. Then an elderly woman and her strange butler move in next door. The Old Woman in Black watches from her window, lures lonely Bart inside with cookies and ice cream, and asks him to call her “grandmother.” Slowly Bart transforms, each visit pushing him closer to the edge of madness and violence, while his anguished parents can only watch. For Cathy and Chris, the horrors of the past have come home…and everything they love may soon be torn from them.
The final, haunting novel in the extraordinary story that has enthralled millions! The horror began with Flowers in the Attic, the terrifying tale of four innocent children locked away from the world by a cruel mother. The shocking fury continued with Petals on the Wind and If There Be Thorns. Now V.C. Andrews has created the last dark chapter in the strange, chilling tale of passion and peril. —back cover
Olivia dreamed of a sun-filled love, a happy life. Then she entered Foxworth Hall... V.C. Andrews' thrilling new novel spins a tale of dreadful secrets and dark, forbidden passions -- of the time before Flowers in the Attic began. Long before terror flowered in the attic, thin, spinsterish Olivia came to Virginia as Malcolm Foxworth's bride. At last, with her tall handsome husband, she would find the joy she had waited for, longed for. But in the gloomy mansion filled with hidden rooms and festering desires, a stain of jealous obsession begins to spread...an evil that will threaten her children, two lovely boys and one very special, beautiful girl. For within one innocent child, a shocking secret lives...a secret that will taint the proud Foxworth name, and haunt all their lives forever!
Bevor der Terror im Dachboden blühte, war da ein junges Mädchen. Ein unschuldiges, hoffnungsvolles Mädchen... Als die junge Olivia im Foxworth Hall ankommt, glaubt sie, dass ihre Ehe mit dem gutaussehenden Malcolm ihr die Freude bringen wird, nach der sie sich gesehnt hat. Doch im düsteren Herrenhaus, das von aufgestauten Begierden und verbotenen Leidenschaften erfüllt ist, breitet sich ein Fleck eifersüchtiger Obsession aus - ein Übel, das ihre Kinder bedrohen wird, zwei charmante Jungen und ein ganz besonderes, schönes Mädchen. Denn in den Hallen dieses verfluchten Hauses lebt ein schockierendes Geheimnis. Ein Geheimnis, das die Familie Foxworth für Generationen belasten wird...
Includes excerpt from Christopher's diary: echo of Dollanganger.
The new novel from the author of Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind- both now major Lifetime movie events. A young boy suffers amnesia from a trauma he suffered in what feels like it must have been another life. He's adopted into a wealthy family - but what will happen when he learns the truth about his past?
V.C. Andrews’s bestselling Flowers in the Attic saga has been enjoyed by millions of readers for more than thirty years. Now, all five books are available together in this new collection! In Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind, Chris, Cathy, Cory, and Carrie had the perfect lives—until a tragic accident changed everything. Now they are trapped in their grandparents’ attic, waiting for their mother to figure out what to do next. As the days turn into weeks and the weeks turn into months, the unspeakable horrors that plague them are rivaled only by the sinful jealousies that begin to rise. In If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday, Cathy and Chris have moved on from their days in the attic, but the sins and secrets of their past keep catching up to them. Now their children may be doomed to repeat their mistakes. In the Garden of Shadows prequel, young Olivia arrives at Foxworth Hall thinking her marriage to handsome Malcolm will bring the joy she has longed for. But in the gloomy mansion filled with festering desires and forbidden passions, a shocking secret lives. A secret that will taint the Foxworth family for generations to come.
Flowers in the Attic: Four children are locked into the attic of their grandmother's home after the death of their father
Two books in one: If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday, from V.C. Andrews's classic series that begins with Flowers in the Attic.
