When I was in High School just about every one of my female classmates read FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC and its sequels. Recently I took the plunge and found out why, it's a great read! With its young, sexually and emotionally frustrated teen heroine held captive by a selfish, emotionally childish and manipulative mother and a stern, hateful grandmother, it is easy to see why this novel resonates so powerfully with female teen readers. The horrorific themes of abuse (both phsycial and mental) and incest are handled well and the book packs a surprising emotional wallop. The writing is very uneven and immature, but whether this is a stylistic choice or simply the author's own bad writing is hard to tell. Just be forewarned, the reader may want to have the sequel Petals on the Wind close at hand. Flowers in the Attic ends on a cliffhanger and you might want to read the next volume ASAP.

Flowers in the attic is the thrilling tale of a father who dies,his wife and childres don't have enough oney to pay the bills so the mother(Corrine)has to write a letter to her parents to ask if her four children(Chris,Cathy,Carrie & Cory) can live there.
So in the middle of the night they come to Foxworth hall.
the grandmother takes the 4 children to an attic room and Corrine tells the children they will stay there for ONE night, but days turn to months,and months to years.
It's at the end when they decide to escape,but they learn that the grand father who had to forgive Corrine as she married her half uncle so she come get all the millions in the will,Cory dies,and Chris and Cathy fall in love.
If you want to finds out what happens to Chris,Cathy and Carrie read PETALS ON THE WIND.

Flowers in the Attic is a captivating story about a family and its greed, love, and tragedies. After Cathy Dollanganger's father dies in a car crash, her mother has no choice but to return to the home from which she is scorned. Along with her older brother and younger twin brother and sister, Cathy trusts her loving mother when she tells them they must hide in the attic of her parents mansion until she 'falls from grace'. At first it is for a night or two, but the days become weeks, and weeks become months, as the four beautiful children stay prisoners. Forced to grow up to take care of the twins, Cathy learns about her mothers greed, and hopes to find a way out.
This book is written by a skillful author, and has gotten me captivated in all the other books in her abundant collection. I would recommend this book to anybody. It is an amazing series that you will not want to put down.