Why Is Flowers In The Attic So Popular

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Why is flowers in the attic so popular.

So i m not going to let anybody put one of my books down and not finish it. It caused quite a stir as it revolved around child abuse incest and the demonizing of religion. The novel is narrated by cathy dollanganger who is imprisoned with her siblings at the age of 12 and finally. F orty years ago this month flowers in the attic the debut novel of one vc andrews was published.

Flowers in the attic is a 1979 gothic novel by v. To her fans published one of the trashiest books in the trashy paperback canon. Andrews it is the first book in the dollanganger series and was followed by petals on the wind if there be thorns seeds of yesterday garden of shadows christopher s diary. What are flowers in the attic in flowers in the attic the four lovely dollanganger children ear.

Andrews books but flowers in the attic is one which i could never quite bring myself to be interested in. Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary. A review in the washington post didn t mince its words describing it as deranged swill. My stuff is a very fast read certainly flowers in the attic with its multiple intrigues and loose ends extends its plot over into the sequels petals on the wind 1980 if there be thorns 1981 as well as into the prequel garden of shadows 1987.

In 1979 cleo virginia andrews known as v c. Andrews who was both named virginia and from virginia bestowed upon the jaded world a gothic tale of imprisonment abuse southern fried religious fanaticism and of course incest that continues to shock readers to this day. Secret brother the novel is written in the first person from the point of. So why was flowers in the attic so uniquely appealing to its first teenage readers.

Flowers in the attic a k a the book that made teenage girls look sideways at their brothers and shudder as my similarly besotted pal lindsay put it wasn t originally marketed as a young adult book when it was first printed in 1979 but it soon found its niche in the hearts of pubescent girls across the land. Flowers in the attic was originally a 1979 book by v c. And now it s popularly acknowledged as a ya book. Flowers in the attic has 31 trivia questions about it.