Tuesday 21st February 1961 – Granny takes Heaven to the graveyard on the eve of her 10th birthday and tells her the truth about her birth mother Angel . Later she gives her an old suitcase of her mother’s things including a doll which was the image of her. March/April/May 1964 Luke returns home after…
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The Complete VCA Website
When I first became obsessed with VCA and in particular FITA some twenty years ago – there was only one website to go to which provided any information at all – The Complete VCA Whilst there were yahoo groups, the publishers website etc there was nothing that compared to this amazing site created by someone…
My Sweet Audrina Promotion
As our Neisha Chetty pointed out , Lifetime seems to have been cursed with a Swiss cheese memory like our beloved Audrina when it comes to promotion for the movie , which will premiere tomorrow evening at 8 pm Central time. In complete contrast to its blitz of publicity for FITA and POTW, where fans…
The Grandmother – Flowers in the Attic DIY Halloween Costume
The Grandmother – Flowers in the Attic DIY Halloween Costume by lorraine-elgar featuring pearl jewelry Geoffrey Beene long sleeve dress1stdibs.com Miso pearl jewelryrepublic.co.uk Aspinal of London King James Leather Bibleaspinaloflondon.com
A Writers Way to Profit from Memories
“A Writer’s Way to Profit from Memories” (article) by Virginia Andrews November 1982 Since my first novel was published (Flowers in the Attic), not long afterward many letters came to fill my mailbox; clearly indicating that most of my readers think I am writing about my own life. Only some ways is this true. Cathy…
Rosenthaila
Gathering dust in the archives for almost three decades, amongst other lost writings. A small spiral-bound burgundy red leather notebook simply entitled ” Rosenthalia ” in the spidery script of Virginia Andrews lay. According to Jessica Zinder of the lost angels of VCA forum who discovered it in the Boston University Archives, it was almost…
Flowers in the Attic
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Flowers in the Attic Book Review Author: V.C Andrews Published by Simon&Schuster (1979) Genre: Gothic/Family Saga/Drama This one is a bit of an oldie, but it’s definitely a classic. Flowers in the Attic is the first in a five part series following the hardships and grim events of the Dollanganger…
Finding Chris
Finding Chris By Neisha Chetty Most people think Virginia is Cathy, but Virginia is Chris jnr too. When it comes to complexity no VCA male is so carefully crafted more than Chris Jnr. Virginia put her soul into creating Chris. They mention still waters run deep. Chris Jnr holds his silence and is willing to…
The Spanish Moss Theory Part Two
The Spanish Moss Theory – Part Two By Neisha Chetty ***Book 3 -If there be thorns. The technique Andrews uses here is of a second, third narrator to discredit Cathy in case you didn’t get the hint Bart’s transformation into a killer echoing some of their ancestor Malcolm, Catherine, Garland, the second Corinne. Jory’s growing…
Pieces of the Puzzles Part One
The Spanish Moss Theory – Part One By Neisha Chetty Firstly, these books are understood when read in series. They are extremely rich in symbolism and are riddled with sub-textual meaning . The Dollanganger series is a mixture of all the other genres, with the correct proportions of each to give you the perfect story…
Pieces of The Puzzle
Pieces of the Puzzle By Neisha Chetty I treat the Dollanganger series as a puzzle. Virginia has already created a picture of what she wants us to see, she has worked out the plot and the why – a total picture. She took that whole picture broke it up into pieces, fragmented it, scattered them…
If There Be Thorns Timeline
March 1983 • The Sheffield family (Chris, Cathy, Jory, and Bart Jr.) is living in Fairfax, Marin County, California. • Chris catches Cathy dancing in their attic, which she has furnished with twin beds and a picnic basket. • Jory overhears a disturbing conversation. May 5, 1983 – Thursday Cathy insists on honoring the twins’…
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