It was twice adapted into films in 1987 and 2014.
Flowers in the attic vc andrews summary.
Flowers in the attic follows the lives of the dollanganger siblings following the devastating death of their father and the aftermath of being locked up in the foxworth attic for three years.
Andrews 4 19 3952 ratings 162 reviews published 1979 14 editions.
Andrews she became a novelist late in life having previously worked as a commercial artist illustrator and portrait painter.
About the author one of the most popular authors of all time v c.
Andrews see corrine dixon as a young girl and discover the fascinating family history of the dollanganger clan.
But just in case there are still any doubters out there i would like to offer up v c.
With such a legacy around it it s easy to see why andrews became so popular as a writer.
Two generations before corinne foxworth locked her children in an attic her grandmother a gorgeous young girl named corrine dixon is swept away by the charms of rich sophisticated and handsome garland foxworth.
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 first two books flowers in the attic and petals on the wind are narrated by cathy.
It is based on v.
Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary.
The dollanganger series is the first series written by v c.
When i was 13 years old i got my hands on flowers in the attic and i not only read it multiple times i read the entire series and scientists say that the reasoning part of an adolescent s brain is not fully formed until about the age of 25.
Andrews 1979 novel of the same name.
One in 1987 by the director jeffrey bloom and another in 2014 for the lifetime channel.
Flowers in the attic is a 1987 psychological horror film starring louise fletcher victoria tennant kristy swanson and jeb stuart adams.
Andrews s flowers in the attic as the final piece of conclusive scientific evidence.
Flowers in the attic 1979 which she wrote an early draft of in 1975 became a bestseller although the washington post declared the book deranged swill and andrews possibly the worst writer i have ever read.
Flowers in the attic.
At one point wes craven was scheduled to direct the film and had completed a screenplay draft.
Flowers in the attic is a 1979 gothic novel by v.
As well as being the book that effectively launched v c.
In this evocative and thrilling tale from new york times bestselling author v c.
Andrews literary career it also had not just one but two film adaptations produced around it.
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.
The book was extremely po.
The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of cathy dollanganger.
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