An innocent bayou girl uncovers a world of trouble in this suspenseful series debut by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic.
With her mother gone and her father a mystery, Ruby Landry was raised by her loving guardian Grandmere Catherine, a Cajun spiritual healer. Her life is filled with hope and promise, especially as she finds love with handsome, young Paul Tate. But Paul’s wealthy parents forbid him to associate with a poor Landry, and Grandmere urges Ruby to focus on her dream of becoming a great painter.
A shocking deception comes to light when Ruby sees her father for the first time in a faded photograph. Suddenly on her own, she ventures to New Orleans to seek an explanation. But she soon finds herself caught in her father’s world of lies, torment . . . and madness.
The first novel in the classic series—now a Lifetime movie series event
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.