Idgie Says:All of us "of a certain age" remember this Flowers in the Attic series very well! The dirtiness and naughtiness of it. The very taboo subjects of loveless and cruel mothers and incest. The poisoning of children. All of it made such a strong impression on us at the time. A young adult read that most certainly should not have been such!
Flowers in the Attic was made into a movie last year and while I never watched it, I hear it received good reviews. Now the next book in the series is coming out as a movie, and newly re-released paperback! Remember this one? Cathy, dangling all her men - including her brother - by her very pretty fingers... until one man loses his temper a little too much. Then Cathy decides to take her own revenge, on Mamma and Nana.... Again, this book is nasty, twisted, and totally unable to put down.
V.C. Andrews wrote these herself - these are not by the ghost writer they use now - and it definitely shows. This is the good stuff!
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FICTION INTO FILM: Pick up Petals on the Wind May 20th and watch the movie May 26th!
WATCH: The
movie trailer, and tune in to Lifetime on Monday, May 26th, 9:00 pm ET to watch the World Premier of
Petals on the Wind!
ENTER TO WIN:
Go to the
Pocket Books Facebook page beginning May 20th to enter the sweepstakes for a prize pack of
Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind, and the Flowers in the Attic DVD. Visit right before tuning into
Petals on the Wind late May for the sweepstakes giveaway (date to be announced)!
Petals on the Wind cast:
Heather Graham
as Corrine
Ellen Burstyn
as Olivia
Dylan Bruce as Bart
Rose McIver
as Young Cathy (played by Kiernan Shipka in
Flowers in the Attic)
Wyatt Nash
as Christopher (played by Mason Dye in
Flowers in the Attic)