Flowers In The Attic Book 2 Summary

Cathy s father assures her that this is not possible.

Flowers in the attic book 2 summary. Andrews books but flowers in the attic is one which i could never quite bring myself to be interested in. Flowers in the attic is a dark gothic tale of greed and incest that will keep readers spellbound until the final paragraph. The family is forced to move in with corinne s wealthy parents from whom she is estranged. Cathy dollanganger lives a charmed life with her father chris her mother corrine her elder brother christopher and her younger twin siblings cory and carrie.

Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of flowers in the attic first in the renowned dollanganger family series which includes petals on the wind if there be thorns seeds of yesterday and garden of shadows the family saga continues with christopher s diary. Flowers in the attic is a shocking story about a family that slowly falls apart because of the destructive power of greed. In 2014 it was adapted into a lifetime original movie. Corrine tells them they are in hiding because she is estranged from her aged and ailing father and needs to make amends with him so that he will reinherit her before she tells him of their existence.

When chris dies in a traffic accident corrine insists on moving the family from pennsylvania to virginia to live with her splendidly wealthy parents. Flowers in the attic i ve read a number of other v c. In goodbye daddy cathy is eight and her brother christopher is ten. Cathy is upset by this afraid a sister will replace her in her father s affections.

It is a novel that had created a lot of noise when it was first published and was forbidden in different countries at different points in time. Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary. One of the most popular authors of all time v c. In 1957 the dollanganger family lives an idyllic life in gladstone pennsylvania until mr.

Their mother sets them down and tells them they are going to have a baby brother or sister. Flowers in the attic if there be thorns petals on the wind seeds of yesterday garden of shadows dollanganger prequel 4 by v c. It is the second book in the dollanganger series. For personal reasons i was disturbed by the infamous incest subplot that the book has and the story always sounded very odd to me.

Olivia will come once a day to bring them food for the day and the children are to hide in the adjoining attic on the one day of the week the servants come to this section of the house to clean. Dollanganger dies in a car accident leaving his wife corinne deep in debt with four children and no professional skills. Andrews 4 19 3952 ratings 162 reviews published 1979 14 editions.