num_pages: 400
description: A major Lifetime movie event—the novel that captured the world's imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. Book One of the Dollanganger Family series.At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent, and struggling to stay alive…They were a perfect family, golden and carefree—until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother’s vast mansion, their loving mother assures them it will be just for a little while. But as brutal days swell into agonizing months and years, Cathy, Chris, and twins Cory and Carrie realize their survival is at the mercy of their cruel and superstitious grandmother…and this cramped and helpless world may be the only one they ever know. Book One of the Dollanganger series, followed by Petals in the Wind, If There be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows.
language: English
title: Flowers in the Attic
titlecomplete: Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
characters: Cory Dollanganger, Cathy Dollanganger, Olivia Foxworth, Carrie Dollanganger, Corrine Dollanganger, Chris Dollanganger
genres: Classics, Drama, Mystery, Adult, Gothic, Young Adult, Thriller, Romance, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 204964
places: Virginia
series: Dollanganger
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Secondary
publisher: Gallery Books