The haunting young adult gothic romance classic that launched Virginia Andrews’ incredible best-selling career.
Up in the attic, four secrets are hidden. Four blonde, beautiful, innocent little secrets, struggling to stay alive…
Chris, Cathy, Cory and Carrie have perfect lives – until a tragic accident changes everything. Now they must wait, hidden from view in their grandparents’ attic, as their mother tries to figure out what to do next. But as days turn into weeks and weeks into months, the siblings endure unspeakable horrors and face the terrifying realisation that they might not be let out of the attic after all.
Virginia Andrews is a publishing phenomenon, with over 100 million books in print. Still as terrifying now as it was when it first appeared, Flowers in the Attic is a gripping story of a family’s greed, betrayal and heartbreak.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd UK
Publication date: 01/09/2011
Flower in the Attic
By Virginia Andrews
Review by Isabelle
This book scandalized a generation back in the eighties, and it's still making us gasp and grimace to this day. I read this book out of the morbid curiosity to see what all the fuss was about and was violently pulled into the tragic tale of the Dollanganger siblings who get hidden away in the attic of their mother's luxurious childhood home while they wait for their aging Grandfather to die.
My consensus: I thoroughly enjoyed it, but the way you'd enjoy picking at a scab until it came free. Sickening, fascinating and at times genuinely painful - and I'd still recommend the hell out of it! To a certain audience, anyway. This one isn't for the faint of heart, or for readers who can't enjoy purple prose. If you want to read a rollercoaster ride of abuse, isolation, and incest with the drama dial turned up to eleven, Flowers In The Attic is for you.
