Flowers In The Attic Book Cover

Simple yet stunning flowers in the attic burst into the main stream with a cover idea that not only is iconic but revolutionised the entire paper back world in terms of design.

Flowers in the attic book cover. 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 family saga continues with christopher s diary. Flowers in the attic reprint is terrifying for all the wrong reasons photo the latest edition of flowers in the attic came out a few years ago published by pocket books. Secret brother the novel is written in the first person from the point of. Andrews book lurking by checkout.

It is the second book in the dollanganger series the timeline takes place from the siblings successful escape in november 1960 to the fall of 1975. A stark image of a house with a hauntingly beautiful girl peeking out from an attic window on closer inspection if you. I will probably be clutching flowers in the attic in my gnarled hands on my deathbed gillian flynn 1 new york times bestselling author of sharp objects the twisted beloved dollanganger legend began two generations before corrine foxworth locked away her children in flowers in the attic the second book in a new prequel story arc out of the attic explores the dollanganger family. Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary.

One of the most popular authors of all time v c. Well you could make a very good argument that flowers in the attic did the same thing for a generation of pre teen girls. 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. At age 13 i survived almost entirely on green apple jolly ranchers and flowers in the attic and to this day i can t look at the book without my mouth watering my much loved copy must have come from a supermarket it was impossible to go to a supermarket in the 80s to say secretly stock up on green apple jolly ranchers without a v c.

When i was 12 everybody was sneaking this novel under the covers or behind their math books. Cathy with her long flowing blonde hair is reminiscent of rapunzel or a princess locked up in a dark tower. Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary. Flowers in the attic is a 1979 gothic novel by v.

Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary. I remember a girl actually got in trouble for bringing it to free reading period in english class. It was a reprint of a popular story first published in 1979 written by bestselling novelist v c. The grandmother is cruel strict cold and severe looking and controls their behaviour and environment through corporal punishment deprivation judgement authority and humiliation.