Flowers in the Attic
1979 • 416 pages

Ratings27

Average rating3.3

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At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond, innocent, and fighting for their lives…

They were a perfect and beautiful family—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. They are kept in the attic of their grandmother’s labyrinthine mansion, isolated and alone. As the visits from their seemingly unconcerned mother slowly dwindle, the four children grow ever closer and depend upon one another to survive both this cramped world and their cruel grandmother. A suspenseful and thrilling tale of family, greed, murder, and forbidden love, Flowers in the Attic is the unputdownable first novel of the epic Dollanganger family saga.

The Dollanganger series includes: Flowers in the Attic, Petals in the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, Garden of Shadows, Beneath the Attic, and Out of the Attic.


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11 primary books12 released books

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Dollanganger is a 12-book series with 11 primary works first released in 1979 with contributions by V.C. Andrews.

Garden of Shadows
#1
Flores en el ático
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Petals on the Wind
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If There Be Thorns
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Schatten der Vergangenheit
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Christopher's Diary: Secrets of Foxworth
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Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger
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Secret Brother
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Beneath the Attic
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Out of the Attic
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Shadows of Foxworth

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Very, very disturbing.

January 6, 2024

What was middle school me doing reading these?!? Re-reading as an adult was a TRIP.

August 15, 2019

Love the ending. I was kind of nervous, I thought the grandmother or the mother would caught them, like in the movies, but this ending is perfect. Didnt like the rape part and i like the twist where it was the mother not the grandmother that was poison her kids. Have to read the rest of the books

January 30, 2021

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