Product Description

The prequel to the compelling saga that began with 'Flowers in the Attic', repackaged for a new generation of fans. THEIR DARKEST SECRETS WOULD TURN TO SHAME AND HAUNT THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. Olivia Winfield's hopes blossomed when the dashing Malcolm Foxworth asked her to marry him. But her hopes withered like flowers in the scorching sun when his true nature was revealed. Foxworth Hall, the beautiful home that should have given them so much happiness, became like a prison to her, with Malcolm the cruellest of jailers. Suddenly, unexpectedly, the hand of friendship was offered to Olivia when Alicia, her father-in-law's new young bride, came to Foxworth Hall. The two women were unlikely companions, but soon the laughter of their youth filled the gloomy place. Yet over them both loomed the shadow of Malcolm, whose dark desires were to sow the seeds of a shocking secret that would lead in time to a darkened, locked attic room!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15215 in Books
• Published on: 1991-05-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
Praise for Viginia Andrews: 'Beautifully written, macabre and thoroughly nasty! it is evocative of the nasty fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood and The Babes in the Wood, with a bit of Victorian Gothic thrown in. ! What does shine through is her ability to see the world through a child's eyes' Daily Express 'Makes horror irresistible' Glasgow Sunday Mail 'A gruesome saga! the storyline is compelling, many millions have no wish to put this down' Ms London 'There is strength in her books -- the bizarre plots matched with the pathos of the entrapped' The Times

About the Author
Virginia Andrews lived in Norfolk, Virginia, studied art and worked as a fashion illustrator, commercial artist and portrait painter. Flowers in the Attic, based on a true story, was her first novel. It became an immediate bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic when it was first published in 1979. Virginia Andrews died in 1986, leaving a considerable amount of unpublished work.

Customer Reviews

The truth about the Foxworths
If you have read the other books in this series you will love this one because you learn the origins of the characters. The past behind that cruel heartless grandmother who locked her grandchildren up in the attic, the grandfather who we anxiously waited for him to die and the family background of Corrine and the truth about her past.
A must read book for lovers of Flowers in the attic

essential to the plot !
If you have read the other 4 books in this series,like me not realising that there was a prequel, then you have to get this book ! It's essential reading and leaves you with an 'ah, I get it now' understanding about the other books ! It's a wonderful read.

The Final Chapter in the Flowers In The Attic story.
Read it and weep. This takes you back to Olivia's meeting with Malcolm, a loveless uncaring father of two boys Mal and Joel until the birth of Corrine where he becomes the doting father who expects her to stay with him until his death.

I would recommend you read this book to find out just where the incestous relationship came from and who exactly was to blame.