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Newest Review: ... hates them and calls them 'devils spawn.' We realise later in the book that their mother and father were uncle and neice. This accounts for the grandmothers hatred. Later in the book the child Cory dies and the children find out they have been poisoned by arsenic. They eventually escape and leave the attic and house. The next book 'Petals on the Wind,' continues their story. After escaping ... more |
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by Selket 123 - written on 25/06/05 (Useful, 440 readings)
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The Dollanganger series consists of 5 books. The first - Flowers in the Attic tells the story of four children who have been locked in the attic by their grandmother. As this story progresses you begin to develop the whole picture. Christopher is the eldest and wants to be a doctor, Cathy is next and she wants to be a ballerina, the next two are twins - a boy -Cory and a girl - Carrie. They are supposed to be waiting for their grandfather to die to inherit his fortune. The story begins as a happy family who is waiting for dad to return from work. Its his birthday and they have a cake etc waiting. Dad doesn't arrive, he has been killed in a car crash. So this ...
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