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When one of her brothers dies and her other brother falls seriously ill, pre-med student Pearl Andreas begins a desperate search for her missing mother that takes her from her privileged New Orleans life to her Cajun roots
Main Author: | Andrews, V. C. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Pocket Books,
c1995.
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Summary: |
When one of her brothers dies and her other brother falls seriously ill, pre-med student Pearl Andreas begins a desperate search for her missing mother that takes her from her privileged New Orleans life to her Cajun roots |
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Item Description: |
Reprint. Originally published: 1995. |
Physical Description: |
373 p. ; 18 cm. |
ISBN: |
0671873202 |
Author Notes: |
Andrews eventually became a full-time writer. Her first novel was a science fiction fantasy entitled The Gods of the Green Mountains, published in 1972. In 1980, she published the bestseller Flowers in the Attic, followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows; all of which comprise the Dollanganger Series. Andrews died of breast cancer on December 19, 1986, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. After her death, her family hired a ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman, to finish the manuscripts she had started. He would complete the next two novels, Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts, and they were published soon after. These two novels are considered the last to bear the "V. C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by Andrews herself. She left a legacy of books that have been sold worldwide and translated into 13 foreign languages. (Bowker Author Biography) |