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by V.C. Andrews (Author) "WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, MY FATHER BOUGHT ME A priceless handcrafted dollhouse ..." (more)
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Olivia dreamed of a sun-filled love, a happy life. Then she entered Foxworth Hall...

V.C. Andrews' thrilling new novel spins a tale of dreadful secrets and dark, forbidden passions -- of the time before Flowers in the Attic began. Long before terror flowered in the attic, thin, spinsterish Olivia came to Virginia as Malcolm Foxworth's bride. At last, with her tall handsome husband, she would find the joy she had waited for, longed for. But in the gloomy mansion filled with hidden rooms and festering desires, a stain of jealous obsession begins to spread...an evil that will threaten her children, two lovely boys and one very special, beautiful girl. For within one innocent child, a shocking secret lives...a secret that will taint the proud Foxworth name, and haunt all their lives forever!

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A tale of dreadful secrets and dark passions before Flowers in the Attic began. This is where the wicked curse of the Dollangenger family begins.
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5.0 out of 5 stars From the grandmother's POV, Jun 28 2004
By Robin M Goffinet (Richmond, IN United States) - See all my reviews
I unfortunatly read thru the whole Flowers in the Attic series before reading this one, and boy oh boy did it explain ALOT! How Olivia Winfield went from a hope filled young woman into the mean stone faced battle ax she became. You also learn that there was much more than meets the eye as to why she was so against Corrine's marriage and children in the first place. A shocker! My advice is to read or watch Flowers in the Attic first, and then read this book. If you read this first, there is no mystery to the rest of the series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Garden of Shadows, April 13 2004
By Shannon Carey (Spokane, WA) - See all my reviews
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Reviewer: Shannon Carey from WVHS Spokane, WA
The Answers to All the Dollanganger Secrets!!! April 12, 2004
Garden of Shadows is a thrilling novel written cleverly by V.C. Andrews.
When I first started this book I couldn't put it down until I finished it. Garden of Shadows was the last book of the Dollanger series although it was the pre-quell to the series. The book was twisted and unraveled a lot of secrets that were kept from the previous books. The other four books of this series were written from her granddaughter's point of view but in this story the grandmother portrayed her part of the story. It gave more of an understanding of why she seemed so evil.

Olivia Foxworth is plain, masculine woman who grows up without a mother, learning nothing of how to flirt or how to be attractive to men. To say the least she had absolutely no social skills so her father tried numerous times to hook her up with young suitors that he knew, but none were drawn to her gawky, tall, anti-socialism, until Malcolm Foxworth. Malcolm shows interest in her during their first encounter and returns for a second, even a third date. After a short week or two of courting he asks her to marry him. Olivia fantasizes of a romantic honeymoon and life thereafter but little does she know of the lonesome future of death, betrayal and scandal that she has coming her way.

From day one Olivia began to notice peculiar things about the handsome Malcolm. When Olivia started to see Malcolm on dates she anticipated a kiss and thought it weird when she never got one. That was the first warning sign she saw of how the relationship was going although she was in denial about it and made up excuses for his "shyness." The next sign she noticed was when she spied on Malcolm (followed by many occasions of her spying on people) asking her father for her hand in marriage when he never once mentioned his love for her. Not until the night of her wedding reception did she take the rose-colored glasses off and realize that Malcolm had not married her for love but for the facts that she would be faithful, she would be getting her father's inheritance and she was to be able to provide him with healthy children. This started Olivia onto her path of bitterness that would increase with every tragedy and scandal, thus turning her into the stern, hateful grandmother that she became in the rest of the series.

Garden of Shadows dished out the secrets of the mean grandmother of the Dollanger's giving a better, but unjust, reasoning to why she had been the way she had. Seeing how Olivia once dreamed of a perfect life with happiness and love is hard to believe from reading the previous books, but bitterness and hatred in her heart is almost understandable considering how Malcolm had crushed all hope of her ever being loved by a man. If Olivia had had a mother things may not of turned out the way they did. To me, it is hard to understand why she never considered getting a divorce. How could she bear to stand the heartbreak and loneliness? Although we did gain an understanding and history of Olivia, what had happened to Malcolm? How had he become so bitter and cold? I would also of liked to see more of the children's point of view through out the story. Overall, I really did enjoy this intriguing novel and hope to read more from V.C. Andrews!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The beginning of it all, Jan 13 2004
Like most, after reading 'Flowers' I hated the grandmother. But after reading Garden of Shadows the hate doesn't burn as much. She had her own miserable existance once she came to Foxworth. Faking a pregnancy, living without love, the death of her children. The symbolic dollhouse and it's porcelin tenants open a profound door into the woman's soul.

Who would have believed she wanted to take Cathy and Cris into her arms the day they arrived at that cursed attic?

A fascinating read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
When I first watched "Flowers In The Attic" on T.V.and then read the book, I hated the Grandmother for how cruel and heartless she was; a woman with no feelings other... Read more
Published on Jan 10 2004 by Kaitou Jeanne

4.0 out of 5 stars Garden of Shadows
Being the last book in the 'Flowers in the Attic' series, Garden of Shadows ties a lot of loose ends. Read more
Published on Nov 7 2003 by Adi Adler

5.0 out of 5 stars Now I Finally Understand!
I had seen the movie version of "Flowers in the Attic" many times on TV and I wondered why in the world Olivia Foxworth was such an evil, hateful woman. Read more
Published on Sep 8 2003 by M. Waters

5.0 out of 5 stars V.C. Andrews was a MASTER storyteller...
Truly, the only Andrews novels worthy of a read were the ones written by the lady herself. To my knowledge, the only books that were completely written by her, from start to... Read more
Published on July 24 2003 by Regis Fox

5.0 out of 5 stars Ask and you shall receive...
After reading Flowers in the Attic a lot of questions were brought up. How could the grandmother be so vicious? How could someone hate the grandchildren she never met? Read more
Published on July 4 2003 by ruhruh1979

5.0 out of 5 stars great
It's just as good as Flowers in the attic.All secrets are discovered.Olivia's marriage and life were terrible.Malcom's temper and his hate made her become who she was. Read more
Published on May 12 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Olivia Foxworth Lashes out against the Innocent
Olivia had no right to take out her anger on innocent people. She had no right to be hard on Alicia when she (A) needed compassion. Read more
Published on May 5 2003 by eliza19922001

5.0 out of 5 stars Ill she wanted was Love
Evil Malcome Foxworth couldnt love her ill he wanted was someone to breed She was probably one of best mothers them 2 boys could of had 1 girl daddys girl a girl made out of rape... Read more
Published on April 17 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars A Time to Plant
Garden of Shadows is the prequel to the Dollanganger saga. Olivia Winfield, afraid that she will become a spinster, falls in love with the first handsome guy who pays her heed,... Read more
Published on Jan 8 2003 by Electra83

5.0 out of 5 stars Just as good, if not better, than FLOWERS.
I loved this book! Olivia was such a wonderful storyteller, and although she's completely despicable in FLOWERS, I learned through her story why she turned out the way she did and... Read more
Published on Dec 17 2002 by Celeste M. Harmer

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