Saga Dollanganger: Flores en el atico / Flowers in the Attic (Series #3) (Paperback)

from mandolin

This was the only book I was forbidden to read as a teenager, and since the new Lifetime movie was coming out this year I decided to finally read it. I'd seen the older movie version with Kristy Swanson and liked it and until recently was not aware of the level of incest in the book. Despite this...

from wendyrey

A chilling, if implausible story of four children/ young adults locked away, by their avaricious mother and cold, god-bothering grandmother, in the attic and one room of a huge house. Child abuse, incest, religious mania, murder and resourceful, brave young people who save themselves (all but one...

from ct.bergeron

"Flowers in the Attic tells the story of four middle class children who are trying to cope with the death of their father, only to learn that they must leave their past behind to live with their rich grandparents in Virginia. Upon arrival they are forced to live in one room, with only an attic to...

from ReneeRobinson

I found the book riveting. The description is so well written, I am able to place myself inside the attic with these kids and feel the anguish. I read this book a few time during my years of both Junior High and High School. It is worth the read.

from Fluffyblue

Very interesting story about a mother who leaves her children with her own mother, in a locked room, so that she can go off and enjoy life. The book develops into a sad story of abuse, incest and ultimately shocking. It is not difficult to imagine the characters as they develop and change because...