Flowers in the Attic (novel)

Flowers in the Attic is an American novel by V.C. Andrews from 1979. It is the first book in the Dollanganger series. It was followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday and Garden of Shadows. The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of Cathy Dollanganger. In 1987, made a film adaptation of the same name. ==Synopsis[ Edit] == After the death of her husband going Corinne Dollanganger with her four children Christopher, Catherine, Cory and Carrie at her rich parents living in Virginia who she hasn't seen in years. After their arrival at the daunting Mansion "Foxworth Hall", the children come to know a terrible family secret. In his will, the sick father of Corinne that his daughter will inherit from him only if they remain childless. Corinne and her mother must now keep secret the existence of her children. Only when their grandfather dies, they will they be allowed to come forth. Locked in a hidden space somewhere above in the attics of Foxworth Hall children have to manage for themselves. Their stay drags on for years. The book describes in detail how they struggle with their feelings for their indifferent mother and their fanatically religious grandmother, out there not even afraid to try to poison them for will.