Older son and oldest child of christopher and corrine.
Flowers in the attic a real story.
While she was there she developed a crush on her young doctor.
Catherine leigh cathy dollanganger.
Sharing with us this article taken from the the victoria advocate july 30th 1960 we find a story so similar to the dollangangers tale its almost uncanny.
To her fans published one of the trashiest books in the trashy paperback canon.
He and his siblings had been locked away in the attic for over 6 years to preserve the family wealth.
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 protagonist and narrator of the novel.
In 1979 cleo virginia andrews known as v c.
Flowers in the attic.
Our members are amazing and none more so than rebecca gustafson who found this article revealing a real life flowers in the attic scenario.
Andrews who was both named virginia and from virginia bestowed upon the jaded world a gothic tale of imprisonment abuse southern fried religious fanaticism and of course incest that continues to shock readers to this day.
The most disturbing thing about flowers in the attic.
Cathy is the second child and older daughter of christopher and.
In an interview with the toast ann patty who was v c.
Christopher garland chris dollanganger jr.
Virginia was a young lady when my dad made arrangements to take virginia to the university of virginia hospital for treatment.
Chris is the older.
Flowers in the attic is a fictional story based on truth.
Flowers in the attic was based on a true story.
Well someone told it to her yes.
I m inclined to believe the editor who said yes flowers in the attic was based on a story she heard when she was in the hospital for a spinal operation.
So i d guess that some aspects of it were true at least the aspect of kids being hidden away.
Virginia andrews is said to have met a doctor when she was in hospital who told her about himself and his siblings and how they were kept.