Flowers in the attic is a 1979 gothic novel by v.
													
																	Malcolm flowers in the attic. 
									
	
		
	
																	This unidentified relative claimed flowers in the attic was loosely based on a faintly similar account. 
																	Secrets of foxworth christopher s diary. 
																	He and his siblings had been locked away in the attic for over 6 years to preserve the family wealth references. 
																	Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	The novel is written in the first person from the point of view of cathy dollanganger. 
																	While at the university of virginia hospital for treatment she developed a crush on her young doctor. 
																	Now a major lifetime movie event book three of the dollanganger series that began with flowers in the attic the novel of forbidden love that captured the world s imagination and earned v c. 
																	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. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Flowers in the attic edit in 1957 malcolm and olivia are informed of christopher s death in a car accident and corrine expresses desire to return to foxworth hall he is made oblivious to the grandchildren that were born into his daughter s marriage. 
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																	Echoes of dollanganger and christopher s diary. 
																	Flowers in the attic 1979 which she wrote an early draft of in 1975 became a bestseller although the washington post declared the book deranged swill and andrews possibly the worst writer i have ever read. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	But someone who knows their dark secret is watching.