Garden of Shadows

V.C. Andrews

Feb 2011 · Dollanganger Book 5 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The inspiration behind Lifetime’s new miniseries event, Flowers in the Attic: The Origin.

Olivia dreamed of a sun-filled love, a happy life. Then she entered Foxworth Hall...

V.C. Andrews' thrilling new novel spins a tale of dreadful secrets and dark, forbidden passions—of the time before Flowers in the Attic began. Long before terror flowered in the attic, thin, spinsterish Olivia came to Virginia as Malcolm Foxworth's bride. At last, with her tall handsome husband, she would find the joy she had waited for, longed for. But in the gloomy mansion filled with hidden rooms and festering desires, a stain of jealous obsession begins to spread...an evil that will threaten her children, two lovely boys and one very special, beautiful girl. For within one innocent child, a shocking secret lives...a secret that will taint the proud Foxworth name, and haunt all their lives forever!

Ratings and reviews

I loved this almost as much as Flowers in the Attic. I definitely loved it more than the sequels. I felt no desire to learn about the future of the family; I wanted to learn about the past, and this delivered. I love that Olivia's version of Corrine's childhood calls into doubt some things that Corrine said. I feel that I don't know which one is telling the truth and which one is lying to look like an innocent victim. I feel that both women may be telling half truths to suit their own narratives. Although I'm sure in some spots it was simply a product of ghost writing, I still liked the effect.

It was nice to put some pieces of the Foxworth's puzzle together. Environmental externals molded those folks. The word pretzel comes to mind! Well worth the read.

A well written book by the queen of writing , some people were born legends indeed. Keep up the good work mam, luv u ❤💓& yo work.

About the author

One of the most popular authors of all time, V.C. Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of Flowers in the Attic, first in the renowned Dollanganger family series, which includes Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. The family saga continues with Christopher’s Diary: Secrets of Foxworth, Christopher’s Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger, and Secret Brother, as well as Beneath the Attic, Out of the Attic, and Shadows of Foxworth as part of the fortieth anniversary celebration. There are more than ninety V.C. Andrews novels, which have sold over 107 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five foreign languages. Andrews’s life story is told in The Woman Beyond the Attic. Join the conversation about the world of V.C. Andrews at Facebook.com/OfficialVCAndrews.