Episode 239: Flowers in the Attic
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Flowers in the Attic
Episode 239 takes a close look at the polarizing 1979 novel by V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic. Alli and her guest work through the complicated nature of the discourse around the book and talk about its triggering content, as well as the author’s quirky behavior and incredible talent.
TW: attempted murder, child abuse, child death, incest, poisoning, rape, religion, starvation
Carley Fortune is the New York Times-bestselling author of Every Summer After and the forthcoming Meet Me at the Lake. Follow her on Instagram (@carleyfortune) and Twitter (@CarleyFortune).
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MORE READING:
“Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews — review” (The Guardian, 2015)
“Book Review: Flowers in the Attic” (The Suspected Bibliophile, 2019)
“Flowers in the Attic Is Still In Bloom at 40” (Publishers Weekly, 2019)
“Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of V.C. Andrews’s Flowers in the Attic” (Get Literary, 2019)
“Flowers in the Attic: Glorious, Subversive Trash Turns 40” (Book Riot, 2019)
“10 Facts About V.C. Andrews’s Flowers in the Attic” (Mental Floss, 2021)
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