

In her public appearances, Andrews herself seemed like a fairytale figure: a platinum blonde beauty bound to a wheelchair, her watchful mother permanently at her side. It’s so outlandish, fans have long wondered if author “VC Andrews” based the novel - and its various sequels - on her own life. The gothic horror classic about four siblings who spend three years locked in the attic of their grandparents’ mansion while their mother tries to win back her inheritance, contains just about every kind of taboo: murder, religious fanaticism, child abuse, rape, incest. “ Flowers in the Attic” - the 1979 bestseller - continues to shock and thrill readers more than 40 years later.

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