Snow White

Although not specifically mentioned in Flowers in the Attic unlike other fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty or obvious allusions to them such as Rapunzel or even Hansel and Gretal – there is one other fairy tale FITA borrows heavily from and that is Snow White. The story of Snow White has strong parallels to…

If There Be Thorns Analysis

ANALYSIS – If There Be Thorns A lot of readers found ITBT particularly difficult to get through and I myself agree,  due to the change of narrative in the form of Cathy s two sons Jory and Bart. Personally,  I wanted to carry on reading Cathy s experience s as they were so passionate and…

Virginias Message on Child Abuse

One of our members, Candace Marie Butler who also runs the highly successful Whispered Dreams Theatre , a VCANDREWS role play, on Facebook shared with us her fantastic essay in which she cites Virginia Andrews works as an example of the continuous cycle of child abuse within families. As Candaces essay not only displays the…

Corrines Pearls

Corrine’s diamond butterfly clasp pearl necklace is such an important detail in the Dollanganger saga. It is spoken of in the first three books , having created a lasting impression with both the Dollanganger children and in turn, the readers. AtticSecrets were thrilled when the wonderful Julianne Hannes (expert at tracking things down) posted an…

Doesnt everybody love their mother ?

“There are some mothers you can’t love because they simply dont want you to love them ” A sad statement and one that tells us so much about the characters of Corrine and Olivia. What in particular were Olivias motivations behind this? Why didn’t she want Corrine to love her ? In my opinion ,…

Quote of the Day : Why was the wind always trying to tell me something ?

Quote of the day…….POTW “Then the wind came in with Bart and blew the vase of roses from the table. I stood and stared down at the crystal pieces and the petals scattered about. Why was the wind always trying to tell me something? Something I didn’t want to hear!” Jennifer Clark of AtticSecrets asked…

This book is dedicated to my mother

Virginia’s own brother Gene called Flowers in the Attic : ” a book about child abuse.” Her own mother refused to read it …….. So why dedicate such a harrowing story of children suffering to your own mother ? It just doesn’t make sense ……. Of course the cynic in me says that a book…

Mommy Dearest : Rebecca Elizabeth Hollingsworth as Corrine

“Go on, glare your eyes at me, and cry and plead, and talk to me about money and what it can buy. But it can’t buy back a child once he’s dead!” The death of Cory left so much pain and so many things in its wake. How was Corrine this heartless? So asks Jennifer…

FITA : The Stage Play location shots

“It is so appropriate to colour hope yellow ,like the sun we seldom saw ” AtticSecrets Jennifer Clark posted this quotation based on the location shots of FITA :The Stage Play Here at AtticSecrets,  there is nothing we like more than a bit of analysis, in these beautiful location shots taken by photographer Alexa Kinigopoulos,…

We need to talk about ….. Damian Adare

Damian Adare – Manipulative, narcissistic, weak , charismatic, conniving ……. This was the man who drove a wedge between two sets of sisters,  his charismatic charm managing to have a hold over the women in his life even when they wished to flee him. So, what is the deal with daddy dearest? What is his…

A Very VCA Murder

Recently on AtticSecrets Julianne Hannes questioned if The Whitefern murders were to feature on Dateline then who would be guilty of the murders? Damian? Vera? Sylvia or Audrina ? What would be their motives and do their alibis hold up ? However, fans are still torn between suspects and the whodunnit element of My Sweet…

Angel, Saint, Devils Spawn ….

“Angel, saint, Devil’s spawn, good or evil, you’ve got me pinned to the wall and labeled as yours until the day I die. And if you die first, then it won’t be long before I follow.” Christopher – Potw AtticSecrets, Jennifer Clark , always gives us the most compelling quotations from VCA’s works and brings…