Petals on the Wind - Virginia Andrews

This book is the second in the series of 5 books which begins with Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews. It follows on directly where the previous book left off, and it can't be read without having read the first book. There are a lot of references to the events of the first book and it is assumed that the reader already knows not only the events but also the characters. I will attempt to review this book without giving away the plot of the ...
...you who have read neither, however it would be impossible to do so without telling you that the children spent almost four years locked in an attic waiting for their mother to inherit a fortune and three of the four have now escaped. The story picks up with the three children, Cathy, Chris and Carrie on a bus heading south where they plan to work in a circus to earn their living. They are all three extremely weak due to the circumstances of the ...

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...with the family I suppose. Petals on The Wind became my favourite of the series, aswell as Flowers in The Attic that is. As much as I love the other three in the series these two stand out as the best of the series. == The Book == Petals on The Wind carries on where Flowers In The Attic left off. After finally escaping the captivity of the attic the three remaining children are on a bus heading for Florida. They don't make it very far however before ...
...The older two are scared and don't know what to do. Then a guardian angel in the form of a big, mute, black woman named Henrietta Beech comes to their aid. She helps them off the bus and takes them to a house where she is the housekeeper. The master of the house is a Dr Paul Sheffield. He helps young Carrie and eventually adopts all three of them. He spends alot of money on them and pays for Cathy to do ballet lessons, her dream is to be a prima ...

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...fulfilled his dreams of becoming a doctor, And carrie commits suicide. Petals on the wind is a poignant, moving tale of the three little mice who once lived in the attic, trying to find inner peace, artistic fulfillment and true love. You will not be disappionted with part two. ...

whitewitch21 13.09.2001 · Read full review
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At last to be free from Foxworth Hall and all the bad things that happened there. The three remaining children boaed a train from the very depot the came in by. They next decide to take a bus to California, and have all sorts of notions and ideas about what they will do when the arrive. However during the bus ride Carrie becomes uncontrollably sick and they nearly get thrown off the bus. However a large black woman comes to their aid and takes ...
...to be Dr Paul Scott Sheffield. He decides to take them in and has Carrie admitted to hospital, where she does get well. Both the older children continue in their dreams of becoming both a doctor and a prima ballerina with Pauls help. As the book unfolds they tell Paul much of their story and he takes them under his tutelage. The one big blot on the horizon is that Cathy finds it very hard to let go of the past and starts to plot her revenge. ...

tigerthecat 24.11.2007 (03.12.2007) · Read full review
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...to Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind continues Virginia Andrews' excellent handling of Cathy, Chris and Carrie's story. The book spans a longer length of time than Flowers in the Attic and we see big changes in all three children's lives and a great deal of growing up. The story is vivid and addictive. The childhood innocence of Flowers in the Attic has been somewhat lost and the adult lives of the Dollangangers progress with drama, love, ...
...of Yesterday - to be a little disappointing and it was many years before I continued on to read them. I think you would be well within your rights to read only Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind and not read the third and fourth books. ...

jess0910 18.08.2001 · Read full review
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This book takes up where Flowers In The Attic ended, with the children finally on their way to freedom and a new life. They are taken in by a kindly doctor,Paul, who looks after them and doesnt ask too many questions although he wonders why they are all so pale and underfed. He taes them in, and sends them to school. He takes a shine to Cathy, who is also loved by her brother Chris, although they both know it is wrong and try to fight it. Cathy ...
...his of becoming a doctor. Carrie just wants to be tall, and as for Cory, well you will know what happens to him if you have read the first book. Cathy is desparate for revenge, although Chris trys to talk her out of it. Cathy is about to marry Paul, when she is tricked into believing he is already married so she leaves him and becomes a famous dancer. Various things then happen to Cathy which shape her life, and she starts to seek the revenge she ...

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*THE BOOK* The second book "Petals on the Wind" following the first book "Flowers in the Attic" The 3 siblings, Chris, Cathy and Carrie have escaped the evilness of their mother and grandmother at Foxworth Hall, without their brother Cory, who was killed in the previous book. Leaving behind their memories of the attic and their brother they make their way by moving in with a man who Cathy forbidenly falls in love with. Cathy the narrator again ...
...ballet school, Chris goes to study at college to become a doctor and Carrie goes off to a private school where she cannot grow becasue of her time in the attic. Whilst Cathy is training at ballet school she falls in love with Julian! Still hating her mother and grandmother she seeks out her revenge she cant determine whether she is more angry at her grandmother for torturing them or her mother who tried to kill them all. Cathy taking so much saddness ...

louisacrompton 14.06.2006 · Read full review
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Petals in the wind follows on from the gripping Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews. It had a lot to live up to…but I'm happy to say it did. It was a thrilling read, and I couldn't put it down. Andrews takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotional turmoil - love, hate, rage, regret and sadness. The characters are developed wonderfully and you'll relish in following their journey - both physical and emotional. I'm not going to reveal much of ...
...you. It's told from the point of view of Cathy, and her character is developed to great depths. I found I understood her at first but as the story developed, I found her actions slightly unbelievable, but yet still found myself being completely swept away by her and her thoughts through each situation. The book begins with the children escaping on a bus. Here the youngest child, Carrie, is very ill and it's through this that the children have a ...

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Once you read Flowers in the Attic you think that a sequel can never be as good, but you are wrong. This book is fantastic and it is hard to decide which book is better so if you enjoyed Flowers in the Attic you have to read this. This continues the story of the distraught children who were abandoned by their mother and left to live in the attic of their very cruel grandmother. They finally escape, although one of the twins was poisoned and died ...
...them. They join the outside world having been deprived of sunlight, and love. They are taken in by a kind doctor who falls for the young girl and they have sexual encounters despite their age difference. She joins a ballet group and a young good looking man falls in love with her but she loves the doctor, her brother who loves her a little too much also gets involved in this love triangle and many hearts won and broken. ...

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This is the second book of Virginia Andrews' Dollanganger Series. Chris and Cathy are taken in by Paul Sheffield (a doctor) after meeting his long time housekeeper on a bus shortly after they escaped from the attic. During their stay with Paul, Cathy feels that although her feelings for Chris are strong and verging on true love, they must fight their attractions to each other at all costs. Cathy embarks on a confusing and problematic relationship ...

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