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…

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…

How could there still be an odor that many years after Cory’s death ?

Recently in the AtticSecrets group the long standing debate of whether Cory truly died has reared its head once more. Since Secret Brother, old school fans and newer fans have been split in opinion of this fact. As we at AtticSecrets like to explore the canon VCA and the majority of us believe in what…

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…

The Swan Bed of Maymont

The Swan Bed is the most iconic piece of furniture in the Dollanganger Saga, its vivid description mesmeries readers and its often been wondered if such a bed existed ……. Well, although not quite as elaborate, it does not contain a ruby red eye nor a miniature version of itself, there is such a bed…

The Swan Bed

Back in June , Julianne Hannes , who also created this wonderful collage asked : What was the significance of the Swan Bed ? Is it symbolism ? The Swan bed is dominant within the Dollanganger saga and with anything Virginia does , this was a completely intentional detail. Neisha Chetty explained at the time…

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…

Where the Greener Grass Grows

Where the Greener Grass Grows was always thought to be an unpublished manuscript of a previously unreleased novel and surprisingly turned out to be the first draft of what ultimately became Petals on the Wind. Excitement enough for any VCA fan, and of course questions were raised – What did it contain ? What was it…

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…