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…

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…

The 40th anniversary of Flowers in the Attic

Finally we re into November which means the fortieth anniversary of Flowers in the Attic is just days away ! Here on Atticsecrets and in the fandom in general there’s been lots of excitement and preparation going on to celebrate this iconic book which will last the whole month long .. Whilst the estate and…

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…

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…

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…

FITA: The Stage Play Reviews are In !!!!

As FITA: The Stage Play curtain has now closed , AtticSecrets brings to you all the fantastic positive reviews this play has received during it stint. We ‘ d just like to say to Christopher and cast what a wonderful experience we have had with you, thanks for your hard work and thank you for…