Andrews s novel petals on the wind 1980 is the second entry in andrews s dollanganger series which began with flowers in the attic.
Plot summary of flowers in the attic.
Detailed plot synopsis reviews of flowers in the attic 12 year old cathy loses her father in a tragic car accident on his birthday leading to a move from her middle class home to her wealthy as of yet unknown grandparents mansion in the hills of virginia.
Petals on the wind picks up immediately where flowers in the attic left off.
Flowers in the attic weaves the twisted story of the dollanganger kids who after the unexpected death of their father are asked by their mother corrine to stay hidden in the attic of their wealthy grandparents mansion so she can reclaim the family.
The narrative takes place from november 1960 through the fall of 1975.
Plot in the late 1950s the dollanganger children 14 year old chris 12 year old cathy 5 year old twins carrie and cory live happily with their parents christopher and corrine in pennsylvania.
Children are hidden away in the attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.
Cathy dollanganger lives a charmed life with her father chris her mother corrine her elder brother christopher and her younger twin siblings cory and carrie.
When chris dies in a traffic accident corrine insists on moving the family from pennsylvania to virginia to live with her splendidly wealthy parents.
The dollanganger family lives in pennsylvania where their father often travels on business for the public relations firm for which he works.
With cathy chris and carrie traveling to florida after escaping foxworth hall.
Andrews controversial cult classic novel flowers in the attic tells the story of the dollanganger kids who after the unexpected death of their father are coerced to stay hidden in the attic of their ruthless grandmother.
The family is forced to move in with corinne s wealthy parents from whom she is estranged.
After the death of her husband a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge decrepit old mansion.
However the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic visited only by the grandmother and their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health and more concerned about herself and the inheritance she plans to win back from her dying father.
Dollanganger dies in a car accident leaving his wife corinne deep in debt with four children and no professional skills.
At the end of flowers in the attic cathy chris and carrie are heading to florida following their escape from foxworth hall.
Plot after the sudden death of their father teenagers chris and cathy and 5 year old twins cory and carrie are forced to travel with their mother corrine to live with her wealthy parents who disowned her years ago.
