Flowers in the attic ; and, Petals on the wind

Format:

Book

Title:

Flowers in the attic ; and, Petals on the wind

Author:

Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)

ISBN:

9781442403017

Edition:

Simon Pulse pbk. ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Simon Pulse, 2009.

Physical Description:

389, 439 p. ; 21 cm.

Series title(s):

Dollanganger family series.

General Note:

These titles were originally published individually by Pocket Books in 1979 and 1980.

Contents:

Flowers in the attic -- Petals on the wind.

Summary:

Contains "Flowers in the Attic" in which four children are locked into the attic of their grandmother's home after the death of their father, and "Petals on the Wind" in which Cathy discovers that she has the power to revenge those childhood years locked in an attic with her brothers and sister.

Subject(s):

Abused children -- Fiction.

Siblings -- Fiction.

Mother and child -- Fiction.

Grandparent and child -- Fiction.

Child abuse -- Fiction.

Social isolation -- Fiction.

Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.

Genre:

Psychological fiction

Psychological fiction.

Added Author:

Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.). Petals on the wind.

Added Title:

Petals on the wind.

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Mount Angel Public Library	ANDREWS, V. C. Dollanger #2 & 3	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

A bind-up of the first two books in V.C. Andrews's classic Flowers in the Attic series, an international phenomenon!

Read the first two books in the chilling Flowers in the Attic saga, which has been enjoyed by millions of teens and adults for more thirty years!

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 Momma to figure out what to do next. As the days turn into weeks and the weeks into months, the unspeakable horrors that plagued them are rivaled only by the sinful jealousies that begin to rise...

Author Notes

Born on June 6, 1924 in Portsmouth, Va., Virginia Cleo ("V. C.") Andrews was one of three children of William Henry and Lillian Lilnora. Andrews worked as a commercial fashion and portrait artist for a time. However, after her father's death in the late 1960s and the family's subsequent move to Manchester, Mo, she began what she described as "closet" writing. It was her publisher's decision to use the initials V. C. rather than her full name. This was done for the purpose of neutralizing her gender so as to sell to adult male audiences; the common belief was that men did not like to read books by women writers.

Andrews eventually became a full-time writer. Her first novel was a science fiction fantasy entitled The Gods of the Green Mountains, published in 1972. In 1980, she published the bestseller Flowers in the Attic, followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows; all of which comprise the Dollanganger Series.

Andrews died of breast cancer on December 19, 1986, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. After her death, her family hired a ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman, to finish the manuscripts she had started. He would complete the next two novels, Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts, and they were published soon after. These two novels are considered the last to bear the "V. C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by Andrews herself. She left a legacy of books that have been sold worldwide and translated into 13 foreign languages.

(Bowker Author Biography)