It’s taken me a while to put together this review despite reading the entire book in four hours. Whilst I’d been hoping for a biography for years on Virginia, this actually made me feel very conflicted upon having read it. Whilst I’d like to present a balanced and fair review, as there are some good…
Petales au vent – French Version of Petals on the Wind
J’ai Lu was the publishing house responsible for bringing the world of VC Andrews to the French Public. Literally meaning Petals on Wind, Petales au vent was the second of the dollanganger Saga books to be released. As before with Fleurs Captives, the English to French translation was done by Michel Deutsch and although I…
Fleurs Captives – French Version of Flowers in the Attic
Literally meaning Captive Flowers, the earliest version I can find was published by J’ai Lu in 1981. According to Noosfere, the translation was by Michel Deutsch and the Illustration by Gyula KONKOLY, a particularly famous artist who did many book illustrations for the publisher at the time. It was released in the third quarter of…
International VCA Covers
Whilst, as fans, we all know the iconic American Version of Flowers in the Attic, I personally love to look out for the international versions too. From the translation of the title to the sometimes hilarious artwork of the book covers, I ll admit to have spent a lot of time researching these not only…
Complete vca Archives : Fita book cover creation
Book Cover Creation: Flowers in the Attic Thanks to artist Lisa Falkenstern, we have these exclusive, never before seen photos and sketches of the creation of the original 1979 Flowers in the Attic book cover! Lisa’s late husband, Milton Charles, was instrumental to the development of the V.C. Andrews phenomenon. He was the art director…
Virginia s Artwork
Virginia’s Artwork Before she became a successful, best-selling author, Virginia Andrews studied art. During the 1960s, to help support her family, Virginia worked as a fashion illustrator, commercial artist, and portrait painter. Please note that these pictures are respresentations of Virginia’s artwork. They are not for sale, and I do not own any of them….
Cvca VC Andrews Grave
V.C. Andrews’ Grave Site V.C. Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) died on December 19, 1986, after a brave battle with breast cancer. She was 63 years old. She was buried in Olive Branch Cemetery in Portsmouth, Virginia, where she spent her most beloved childhood years. Obituaries: Virginia C. Andrews (The Washington Post) Virginia C. Andrews…
Cvca Biography
As promised, Attic Secrets, with the kind permission of Completevca webmistress Jennifer, has decided to preserve the many years of research and the wonderful result in the Complete VCA website archives. Her articles will be copied here, with full copyright credited to Completevca.com Biography of V.C. Andrews Virginia C. Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was…
The Complete VCA website archives
After the sad news on Sunday of the demise of the Completevca website, we have a very special announcement to make. It’s an incredible honour to have spoken to Jen over many years and established a trust which meant not only did she choose to say goodbye to supporters of her website in our group…
Flowers in the Attic as read by serial killer Ed Kemper
Being a person of somewhat macabre tastes, I’ve always been fascinated by true crime. It seems I’m not the only one after AtticSecrets member, Holli Sari Braddock posted in group an interesting article about prisoners who had read audio books as part of a project to help visually impaired people. Whilst I had heard of…
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