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Petals on the wind

Summary: Chris, Cathy and Carrie have escaped their attic prison and set off with money scavenged from the Grandmother's mansion. Two teenagers and an eight-year-old who haven't seen the outdoors for over three years, determined to stay together, determined to survive. And they are fortunate. They are taken in by a lonely, kindly doctor, who readily shares with them his home, his love, his fortune. But even as the three children build bright new lives, the dark horrors of the attic haunt them. Cathy is reminded daily by the way her brother watches her, by the way Carrie's tiny, tiny body does not grow. And Cathy is also reminded of the other child, who didn't survive the long years in the attic. Then she thinks of her mother, of her mother's brutal betrayal of those who loved and needed her most. And she vows vengeance. While Chris pursues his dream of becoming a doctor, even while Cathy becomes a successful ballerina, she dedicates herself to her plans for revenge. And as her plans become obsession, Cathy risks everything to pay her mother back, and to show her what it's like to suffer at the hands of the one you love most.

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  • ISBN: 9781476789569 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9780671729479 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9780671411251 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9780671829773 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: print
    439 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, 2014, c1980.
Subject: Dollanganger family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Abused children -- Fiction
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
Revenge -- Fiction
Genre: Horror fiction.

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  • 3 of 4 copies available at Sitka.

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  • 0 current holds with 0 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Bren Del Win Centennial Library F Andrews (Text) 36320000066100 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Hazelton Public Library PBA (Text) T 0014402 Adult General Paperback - Pink Dot Spin Racks Not holdable Missing -
Portage la Prairie Regional Library AF AND v. 3 (Text) 3675000191690 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Trail and District Public Library Main Branch F AND (Text) 35110001204326 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: Chris, Cathy and Carrie have escaped their attic prison and set off with money scavenged from the Grandmother's mansion. Two teenagers and an eight-year-old who haven't seen the outdoors for over three years, determined to stay together, determined to survive. And they are fortunate. They are taken in by a lonely, kindly doctor, who readily shares with them his home, his love, his fortune. But even as the three children build bright new lives, the dark horrors of the attic haunt them. Cathy is reminded daily by the way her brother watches her, by the way Carrie's tiny, tiny body does not grow. And Cathy is also reminded of the other child, who didn't survive the long years in the attic. Then she thinks of her mother, of her mother's brutal betrayal of those who loved and needed her most. And she vows vengeance. While Chris pursues his dream of becoming a doctor, even while Cathy becomes a successful ballerina, she dedicates herself to her plans for revenge. And as her plans become obsession, Cathy risks everything to pay her mother back, and to show her what it's like to suffer at the hands of the one you love most.
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