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If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger Series) (edition 1990)

by V.C. Andrews

Series: Dollanganger (3)

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Now a major Lifetime movie event--Book Three of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Attic--the novel of forbidden love that captured the world's imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. They hide the shocking truth to protect their children. But someone who knows their dark secret is watching. Christopher and Cathy have made a loving home for their handsome and talented teenager Jory, their imaginative nine-year-old Bart, and a sweet baby daughter. Then an elderly woman and her strange butler move in next door. The Old Woman in Black watches from her window, lures lonely Bart inside with cookies and ice cream, and asks him to call her "grandmother." Slowly Bart transforms, each visit pushing him closer to the edge of madness and violence, while his anguished parents can only watch. For Cathy and Chris, the horrors of the past have come home...and everything they love may soon be torn from them.… (more)
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Title:If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger Series)
Authors:V.C. Andrews
Info:Pocket (1990), Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages
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  Summer345456 | Jan 25, 2023 |
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  archivomorero | Nov 9, 2022 |
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  archivomorero | Jun 27, 2022 |
Not as good as the first book, but definitely better than the second, this was another overblown melodrama about the Dolls, this time with more obviously horror inspired themes (demonic children, mysterious black clad women, etc). The narrator switches from Cathy to her two sons and the dual narrator thing worked better than it often does. Lots of fun to be had here, but the ending was a bit meh ( )
  whatmeworry | Apr 9, 2022 |
Soooooo Cathy and Chris become a couple and raise Cathy's 2 kids. Then their mother moves in next door and has the boys come and visit her. John Amos starts teaching the youngest son, Bart about his grandfather and really messes the kid up. To the point where Bart starts degrading women too and almost kills his mother and grandmother. The truth of Cathy and Chris's relationship is revealed to the disgust of their kids who eventually forgive them, annnnd nothing really changes. Their mother dies, Cathy finally forgives the mother even though she shouldn't, and the sister and brother go back to their relationship. Super creepy. ( )
  Nikki_Sojkowski | Aug 26, 2021 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
V. C. Andrewsprimary authorall editionscalculated
Björkhem, AnnTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Brill, CoreyNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fernández, José H.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Görden, MichaelÜbersetzersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Loon, Parma vanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nuhlíčková, IvanaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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In the late evening when the shadows were long, I sat quiet and unmoving near one of Paul's marble statues. (Prologue)
Whenever Dad didn't drive me home from school, a yellow school bus would let me off at an isolated spot where I would recover my bike from the nearest ravine, hidden there each morning before I stepped onto the bus.
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Now a major Lifetime movie event--Book Three of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Attic--the novel of forbidden love that captured the world's imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. They hide the shocking truth to protect their children. But someone who knows their dark secret is watching. Christopher and Cathy have made a loving home for their handsome and talented teenager Jory, their imaginative nine-year-old Bart, and a sweet baby daughter. Then an elderly woman and her strange butler move in next door. The Old Woman in Black watches from her window, lures lonely Bart inside with cookies and ice cream, and asks him to call her "grandmother." Slowly Bart transforms, each visit pushing him closer to the edge of madness and violence, while his anguished parents can only watch. For Cathy and Chris, the horrors of the past have come home...and everything they love may soon be torn from them.

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