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Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger #4)

by V.C. Andrews

3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 · rating details · 15,722 ratings · 219 reviews

The final, haunting novel, in the extraordinary story that has enthralled millions!

The horror began with Flowers in the Attic, the terrifying tale of four innocent children locked away from the world by a cruel mother.

The shocking fury continued with Petals on the Wind and If There be Thorns. Now V.C. Andrews has created the last dark chapter in the strange, chilling tale

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Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages

Published January 1st 2003 by Pocket Books (first published 1984)

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Mar 05, 2009 Trudy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: v-c-andrews

Again, I say my copies are worn and dog eared from the multiple readings.

These books fully engrossed my imagination - twice. I may have to read them agian now that I am reviewing them for this site.

This book is picks up with the third generation of dysfunction. Cathy's two sons and their rivalry. They return to Foxworth Hall (or at least the rebuilt version)which has been left to Bart (Cathy's son by her mother's second husband - gotta love it). However, it seems that Bart's desire to have what...more

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Mar 18, 2013 Mayra added it

Obviously none of this is realistic, so I absolutely love when things start getting scandalous and exciting. If There Be Thorns was hopelessly disappointing and I'm glad that Seeds of Yesterday seems a bit more like V.C. Andrews. it's not like there are any new sorts of characters, really. Most of them are blonde--no, freaking ALL of the females are blonde, and there's always the obsessively romantic, naiive girl, later called a slut for finding some romance (Cathy, and later Cindy), and the hel...more

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Feb 11, 2013 Maggie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

After reading the first 3 books of this 5 book series I was excited to see how the saga would continue; though after having the 3rd book "If there be thorns" come for various POV's I was worried it would be the same. Well thankfully this book came from Catherines POV again and it drew you in just as the first two had. The story came with Catherine and Chistopher being in their 50's and their children grown; Jory a Prima Ballerina that married his childhood sweetheart, Bart Graduating from Harvar...more

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May 29, 2012 Marissa Alvarez rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Marissa Alvarez
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“Seeds of Yesterday”

Seeds of Yesterday is the final book in the series. Cathy is now 52 and Chris is 54. Bart is now a young man and has rebuilt Foxworth Hall to be a replica of the one that burned down. Cathy and Chris’s plan is to come visit before they leave to Hawaii and go live there with Cindy. Cathy remembered the first night they were brought there when they were young children; they believed and trusted their mother’s promises. They never imagined being lo...more

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Dec 15, 2011 sj rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: trashy-tuesday

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Wow. Almost done with the Dollangangers, thank goodness. Only two books left to cover in this series, and this one is probably going to be the most difficult to write about. Why difficult? Because it sucked. Seriously. This book was terrible. Combine all of the horribly tragic events of the first two books into one, add Chris and Cathy as an old married couple and you have this dreck.

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Wow. Almost done with the Dollangangers, thank goodness. Only two books left to cover in this series, and this one is probably going to be the most difficult to write about. Why difficult? Because it sucked. Seriously. This book was terrible. Combine all of the horribly tragic events of the first two books into one, add Chris and Cathy as an old married couple and you have this dreck.

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Yuck.

Last book (huzzah!) coming up on Tuesday.(less)

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Nov 23, 2011 Shane rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The horticultural horror continues, and this book will probably be the last V.C. Andrews books that I am re-reading - at least until I'm ready to re-read them again.

Even though SOY marks a welcome return to using Cathy's narrative, this book suffers from the same limitation of the third book in the series, "If There Be Thorns" - which is that the character of Bart is hideously annoying - and unfortunately most of the story centers around him. Then again,I have to admire the author's ability to...more

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Sep 29, 2011 Connie J.estrada rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I DID NOT LIKE THE CONSTAUNT FUED BETWEEN BART AND JORY. BARTS JELOUSY OF HIS BROTHER SHOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO THE LENGTHS IT DID. IT WAS ONLY MORE COMPOUNDED WHEN "UNCLE JOEL" RESURFACE AND TRIED TO INSINUTE HIMSELF INTO THE FAMILY. I DON'T LIKE HOW THE CINDY CHARACTER WAS SO ANXIOUS TO HAVE SEX EVERY FEW MINUTE. WHAT REALLY PISSED ME OFF IS HOW QUICKLY MELODY WANTED TO LEAVE THE MINUTE JORY WAS PARALIZED. AND HOW SHE KEPT QUIET ABOUT HER GOING INTO LABOR, IT SEEMED AS IF SHE WANTED TO NOT HAV...more

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Aug 03, 2011 Ashley S. rated it 4 of 5 stars

This by far is the craziest of all the books. You simply have to read it for yourself.
It seems, well to me, that history repeats itself in this book..because Cathy and Chris are a lot like their own parents and Jory and Bart and Cindy are almost like them when they were younger. Jory and his first wife...reminded me so much of Cathy and Julian...not that Jory was anything like his father..in fact he was not even close...in my opinion he seemed like the most normal out of the bunch. But when Jor...more

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Aug 02, 2011 Claire rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm so glad I'm done. The first book was amazing, the second was great, the third was alright, but infuriating at time and by the 4th I had stopped caring. I know the entire saga is meant to be based on a true story, but that has to be one truth stretched to it's limits.

I wanted to put this book down so many times, but was determined to see it through. Every character, with the exception of Jory bugged me. Bart was just hateful, I know he had "problems" but why did he have to take them out on e...more

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Apr 01, 2010 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

I read the VC Andrews Flower in The Attic series as a young teenager. After reading the other reviews I was struck by the fact that so many people had commented that they weren’t allowed to read these books or had to hide them from their parents and/or teachers.

I don’t remember my mother ever having a problem with me reading these books, in fact, I’m sure she must have purchased them for me. As long as I was reading, she was fine with it. I don’t however remember them being quite as scandalous...more I read the VC Andrews Flower in The Attic series as a young teenager. After reading the other reviews I was struck by the fact that so many people had commented that they weren’t allowed to read these books or had to hide them from their parents and/or teachers.

I don’t remember my mother ever having a problem with me reading these books, in fact, I’m sure she must have purchased them for me. As long as I was reading, she was fine with it. I don’t however remember them being quite as scandalous as people are making them out to be. There were certainly some plot twists and turns, and some scandal – but that’s what makes them a good / cheap thrill read. Maybe if I’d had to hide them I would have thought they were far more scandalous.

Here’s what I remember – Flowers in the Attic was far and away the strongest book in the series, but the fact that the story continued into other books was appealing. I was curious to find out what happened to Chris and Cathy and the evil grandmother. The “creep” factor is what kept the pages turning – the number of times Cathy is raped, the incest, the arsenic poisoning, the escape, etc.

Maybe they are really scandalous and I’ve just been tainted by real life for the past decade or so. Back then, you just didn’t hear about kids bringing guns to school or murdering their parents. Back then Michael Jackson wasn’t a child molester, the twin towers were still standing and Bin Laden wasn’t a household name. When I consider it like this I think perhaps now would be the time to reread them, and get lost in the escapism that they offer.

But there’s another part of me that thinks rereading them now would be a big mistake. It doesn’t sound like the writing is all that great – what with overly descriptive paragraphs, and the piles of long flowing golden hair and all. I’m afraid that I’d end up hating them and I’d like to keep VC Andrews as one of my not-so-guilty childhood pleasures. So I’m basing my ratings on what I thought of them back in the early 90’s, as an impressionable tween, who’s biggest ‘real world’ problem was getting out of washing the dishes, or passing a math test.

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Jun 18, 2009 Lori rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"Seeds of Yesterday" is the final saga of Cathy and Chris from the "Flowers in the Attic" series and the characters have come full circle in this novel.
It is now many years after the end of "If There Be Thorns". Cathy is fifty-two and Chris is fifty-four. Jory has grown up to marry his childhood sweetheart, Melodie, and both have become successful dancers. Bart has just graduated from Harvard Law School and although, as Cathy points out, his psychiatrists have declared him "cured", it quickly b...more "Seeds of Yesterday" is the final saga of Cathy and Chris from the "Flowers in the Attic" series and the characters have come full circle in this novel.
It is now many years after the end of "If There Be Thorns". Cathy is fifty-two and Chris is fifty-four. Jory has grown up to marry his childhood sweetheart, Melodie, and both have become successful dancers. Bart has just graduated from Harvard Law School and although, as Cathy points out, his psychiatrists have declared him "cured", it quickly becomes evident that Bart is still suffering from some pretty serious issues. Corinne, Cathy and Chris' mother, has left Bart the rebuilt Foxworth Hall, which Bart plans to reopen and make the grandest home in Virginia.
Cathy and Chris have arrived, to live once again, forty years later, in Foxworth Hall. You would think they would immediately realize that this may not be the best idea, if for no other reason that their mental health, but no, they come for a fairly long visit.
Jory and Melodie come for a visit, along with Cindy (Chris and Cathy's adopted daughter from "Thorns") and their long presumed dead Uncle Joel Foxworth shows up - - much as John Amos Jackson did in "Thorns". Joel's only purpose seems to be to spout off Malcolm-like pseudo-religious vitrol - - why no one tells him to pack his bags and get the hell out is beyond me.
Although this story is told again from the perspective of Cathy, and feels much more comfortable than the narrative of "Thorns", Bart again seems depraved and warped. It's hard to have sympathy for a character that seems so unredeemable.
Chris and Cathy's love story continues and is as bittersweet and tender as ever. Their love seems genuine and real.
As does Jory's love for Melodie. His eventual anguish over being paralyzed, losing his career and eventually his wife are the only parts of this story (other than Chris and Cathy) that ring true.
The rest of the story feels forced and the characters very one dimensional. Can Bart be any more like Malcolm? Can Joel be any more like the Grandmother? Can Cindy be any more like a young Corinne or Cathy? Even Jory and Melodie have blond twins, a boy and a girl - - giving us visions of Cory and Carrie.
Reading the story you wonder how much grief and anguish one family can take. And why everyone seems to be stepping around Bart and making excuses for him. You get to the point where you wish Chris or Cathy would just knock his lights out.
This book is worthy to read as a conclusion to the Dollanganger saga - - although the ending is a bit rushed and Chris and Cathy's demises are tragically sad.
Definitely does not compare to "Flowers" or "Petals" but as good as, if not slightly better than, "Thorns". (less)

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Aug 07, 2012 A.L. Waddington rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Seeds of Yesterday, the fourth installment in the Dollanganger Family series, returns to Catherine as the narrator. The story picks up her son’s Jory and Bart in their 20’s and Catherine and Christopher in their 50’s. Their adopted daughter, Cindy is now in her late teens. Bart is still a very unstable young man who is viciously jealous of his famous ballet dancer brother Jory and his dancing partner and beautiful wife Melody. Bart also hates his adopted sister, Cindy and does everything to make...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Kim rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: general-fiction

It was alright. Not as good as If There Be Thorns, and I was sick of Joel almost immediately as the antagonist. Far too repetitive - John Amos was more than enough in Book 3.

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Unfortunately - or fortunately, perhaps - I read the title of the last Chapter quite by accident before I started reading the book so I was prepared, more or less, for the ending. But as sad and tragic as it was (and I swear to God, this has been the only series in which I was fully supportive of an incestuous...more

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Feb 23, 2012 Judy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, young-adult

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is the last book chronicling the lives of Chris and Cathy. Their children are grown, and Bart has moved into the newly renovated Foxworth Hall, where his family comes to stay until he turns 25 and gains his inheritance. In this book is also the return of one of Corinne Foxworth's brothers, Joel, long believed to be dead. The family spends a few years living with Bart, and during this time a number of horrid things happen. Jory loses the use of his legs after a tragic accident during a party...more

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Nov 12, 2011 Liz rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: to-re-read, series

"If I blink my eyes just once, I'm twelve years old again, and you're fourteen. I can see you as you were then...but I can't see me. Chris, why can't I see me?" ~ Cathy
His crooked smile was bittersweet. "Because I've stolen all the memories of what you were and stored them in my heart." ~ Chris

A bittersweet ending to an incredible series! I loved this story and all the players in it. What an imaginative and creative collection of books. Although I have yet to read the "prequel" I am pleased wi...more "If I blink my eyes just once, I'm twelve years old again, and you're fourteen. I can see you as you were then...but I can't see me. Chris, why can't I see me?" ~ Cathy
His crooked smile was bittersweet. "Because I've stolen all the memories of what you were and stored them in my heart." ~ Chris

A bittersweet ending to an incredible series! I loved this story and all the players in it. What an imaginative and creative collection of books. Although I have yet to read the "prequel" I am pleased with how this series has ended and I thoroughly enjoyed each book. I felt that this was a bit slow moving but a very reflective and wonderful journey. I felt so much for Jory ("Am I dancing momma?") throughout this book and although I found Bart an entertaining character, I never warmed up to him. As for Chris and Cathy's enduring love...I was very moved yet again by them. For even in hate and despair a love like no other was born and prospered. Sadly it was Cathy who seemed could not live without her Christopher doll...and in the attic where so much was lost...Cathy ultimately found peace. A fitting end.

"It's tear-shaped, Cathy - for all the tears I would have cried inside if you had never let me love you." ~ Chris

"You grow more handsome with each passing year." I stepped closer to encircle his waist with my arms as my cheek rested against his back. "I love you more each year...and even when you are as old as Joel, I will see you as you are now...standing twelve feet tall, in your shining suit of armour, soon to ride your white unicorn. In your hand you'll carry a twelve-foot spear with a green dragon's head perched upon it's point." In the mirror I saw his reflection; tears had come to glisten in his eyes. ~ Cathy
"After all this time, you remember," he whispered hoarsely. "After all these many years..." ~ Chris

"I opened the tall and narrow closet door and began my ascent up the steep and narrow stairs. On my way to the attic. On my way to where I'd find my Christopher, again..." ~ Cathy

"There's a garden in the sky, waiting there for me. It's a garden that Chris and I imagined years ago, while we lay on a hard black slate roof and stared up at the sun and the stars. He's up there, whispering in the winds to tell me that's where the purple grass grows. They're all up there waiting for me."~ Cathy (less)

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Jan 24, 2009 Trisha rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: drama, ya

Ahh, the last book in the Dollanganger family series. Such a dark and scandalous family full of secrets, incest, murder, and characters struggling to move forward. Emotional and intense - V.C. Andrews definitely stumbled onto a literary gold mine.

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Feb 23, 2009 Gaby rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 11th-grade-advisory

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book was amazing, addicting and descriptive. It was hard to read about Bart reverting to the way he was as a child and acting harshly toward his family and idolizing a horrible man whose views on God were focused on his wrath rather than his love. I liked this book a lot more than the last. The fact that pretty much the same thing was happening to the Dollanganger family in 2 young boys was frightening. This 4th book was definitely emotionally intense. Andrews has a way of making the reader...more

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May 01, 2012 Heather Sanchez rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: guilty-pleasures

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book#4 in the Dollanganger Series. I think the last to write about Christopher and Cathy personally. A lot of this book was about the battle of hypocrites. The only one not was Jory. It went back and forth everyone criticizing everyone and their sins were worse than the others. It was also very sad. Jory's accident ruining his lifelong dreams and his marriage. Luckily his determination given to him by his mother Cathy is what made him survive. His father didn't have that determination and a...more This book#4 in the Dollanganger Series. I think the last to write about Christopher and Cathy personally. A lot of this book was about the battle of hypocrites. The only one not was Jory. It went back and forth everyone criticizing everyone and their sins were worse than the others. It was also very sad. Jory's accident ruining his lifelong dreams and his marriage. Luckily his determination given to him by his mother Cathy is what made him survive. His father didn't have that determination and after his own accident, he took his life. His wife Melodie, drove me crazy. If I could have reached into the book to slap her, I would have. She abandoned her husband and twins because she couldn't live her life next to a handicapped man. Bart was once again, acting like an insane bigot. Learning from his great Uncle Joel, who somehow was "found" after so many years presumed dead how to live a "pious" life. Driving his religious beliefs into everybody and then going out to bars, getting drunk and picking up prostitutes. Still couldn't get over the fact that his mother's husband was her own brother. He spent a good deal of the book trying to convince Cathy that she could live without Chris and she needed to move on and get away from her brother. Cathy vowed to spend the rest of her life making Bart realize that Chris is the only and best father he's ever had.

Saddest part was Christopher Doll dying in a similar fashion to his father. And then Cathy following him. I think she died of a broken heart. And Catherine eventually finally saw the realization she'd been hoping for that Bart would realize he loved Chris as a father. Also it proved that Cathy truly couldn't live without Chris. So many years they've only had each other. She got the last word in the end, even in death. Everybody went on to be successful and finally learned the love they had for each other and quit the bickering.

If books about incest ick you out, don't read it. But it was a great series regardless. The sexual relationship was expressed, but not in huge detail. (less)

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Mar 11, 2010 Molly S rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So, i have to say, this family is really messed up! i really can't believe that Melodie refuses to even look at Jory, and that she would so something like cheat on him when he needed her most. But on the other hand it wasn't all her fault. Bart also betrayed Jory. Bart just wants everything that Jory has. He is way too jealouse. I think he's even jealouse of Cindy, even though he claims he isn't. She is the baby of the house and she gets a lot of attention. I just don't see why Bart is so mean t...more

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Apr 29, 2011 Chisom *AngelBooky* rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was the best out of the whole series. I mean it really just tore me up! I couldn't help going crazy at how u-know-who-if-you-read-the-story died. I just couldn't help crying. It was just so beautiful! I have the whole series at home. I remember my older brothers and sisters letting me read it when i was only 8 and there was nothing else 2 read. I know what your thinking IT"S AN ADULT BOOK but i just couldn't help myself. I love reading that much! And about 5 or 6 yrs later i can't help but...more

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Feb 24, 2012 Chris rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is all that you need to know about this book:
Uncle Joel: "Evil! Evil! Evil! Sin! Sin! Sin!"
Bart: "Mother, if you stop sleeping with your brother, I'll be nice and good forever and ever. Until then, I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL!”
Cathy: Is too busy eavesdropping on the rest of her family to have much to say.
Melodie: "How can I possibly be expected to love someone who is only half a man? Oh, heeeeyyyy Bart."
Jory: "I sure wish Melodie would come to see me. What does she do with her time anyway?"
Chris...more

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Mar 30, 2013 Iolanda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Oh Boy.. I did it! I finally finished the series of the cursed Dollangangers. I can finally move on. I think it took me around three whole months for me to finish the Flowers In The Attic Series, (excluding Garden Of Shadows)
I can say for sure that this most definitely kept me reading but sadly, wasn't as enthralling as the first and second book of the series. I didn't really read If There Be Thorns because I personally thought the plot was just so boring and overused. This book was the same, ap...more

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Apr 18, 2013 Mayra rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I liked this better than If There Be Thorns, at least there was more interesting sex, haha. I mean, I had absolutely no idea how Cathy continues to tenderly love Bart. He is completely, just, OMG, how did he get so messed up? It's like everyone keeps pretending that he isn't actually insane. This whole book felt like an echo of Garden of Shadows, actually, and every character felt like an echo of a previous one. Something that really, really bothers me, and bothered me through Petals on the Wind...more

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Jul 24, 2011 Kolleen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: strange-but-good

As I reach the end of the Dollanganger series (well, almost the end, I do plan on reading the prequel), I am left with mixed feelings. I loved the first two books, and the last two were only mediocre. I found myself just wanting to finish them so I could move on to something else for a while, but overall, this book was pretty good.

This book fast-forwards about fifteen years from If There Be Thorns. Bart and Jory are grown, as is Cindy. Jory is expecting his first child, and the entire clan moves...more As I reach the end of the Dollanganger series (well, almost the end, I do plan on reading the prequel), I am left with mixed feelings. I loved the first two books, and the last two were only mediocre. I found myself just wanting to finish them so I could move on to something else for a while, but overall, this book was pretty good.

This book fast-forwards about fifteen years from If There Be Thorns. Bart and Jory are grown, as is Cindy. Jory is expecting his first child, and the entire clan moves back into the Foxworth Hall that Bart has had rebuilt in the exact likeness of the first one. Needless to say, Foxworth Hall was much the same as it was before. Strange happenings begin to take place. Jory is cripple when someone sabatoges his recital, his wife has an affair with Bart, Cindy is found fornicating with multiple men, and Jory is almost murdered. Could it be Bart, who is still as much of a sociopath as he was as a child, or Joel, the great-uncle that Bart has taken under his wing? These are all good questions, but sadly at the end of this book, I still don't know who was the cause of all this trouble!

The book ends tragically, or serendipitously, depending on which way you look at it. Chris dies in a car accident in much the same way that his own father did in Flowers in the Attic (could Joel have played a part in this?), and Cathy goes up into the attic to die so she can be with Chris and her little twins for eternity. Bart finally realizes the father he never acknowledged in Chris, and finally becomes the man we all hope for throughout the books. However, I am still left with many questions!!!!! Who crippled Jory, broke his ship, and opened his windows? Why would Chris get out of the car on the way home when he had a bad feeling something would happen? And why and how to Cathy just up and die in the attic? Was she sick, did she kill herself, did she die of grief? Humph.... perhaps we will never know. In any event, a very likeable series and certainly worth the read, although they weren't quite as good as I thought they would be. Now to read the prequel!(less)

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Mar 14, 2013 Suzanne rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The fourth book in the Dollanganger Saga, Seeds of Yesterday by V. C. Andrews, was yet another compelling read.

Foxworth Hall has once again risen. Bart, Cathy’s youngest son, is finally coming of age to have everything left to him by his grandmother, Corrine, and everyone is moving into Foxworth Hall. Long lost Uncle Joel has returned as the temporary butler. One tragedy after another befalls the inhabitants. Cathy can’t help but feel it is the house itself causing all the troubles. She is also...more The fourth book in the Dollanganger Saga, Seeds of Yesterday by V. C. Andrews, was yet another compelling read.

Foxworth Hall has once again risen. Bart, Cathy’s youngest son, is finally coming of age to have everything left to him by his grandmother, Corrine, and everyone is moving into Foxworth Hall. Long lost Uncle Joel has returned as the temporary butler. One tragedy after another befalls the inhabitants. Cathy can’t help but feel it is the house itself causing all the troubles. She is also worried about Bart’s mental health as he again falls prey to a religiously zealous old man. Will they survive the horrors that Foxworth Hall has in store for them and become a nice happy family? Or will it destroy them, once and for all?

Again told by Cathy, we follow her and her family back to the dreaded Foxworth Hall, where it all began all those years ago. I did find some of the things kind of funny, such as all of the “new” electronic gadgets that allow Bart to buy, sell, and trade stocks and such from home. I find it funny because they were all amazed at how far the world had come, in terms of electronic gadgetry advancement, when we are so much further advanced in the real world than they are in the book. The book was published in 1984, and if you add up the age of Cathy and go back to the year they originally were brought to Foxworth Hall, the story is taking place around the year 2000. I don’t know, but I found it funny that we are actually more advanced, and were for several years, before. If that made sense to you. It made sense in my head.

I digress, so back to the book. I did read through this one very quickly, as well. Once I get started, I just don’t want to stop until I know what happens to everyone in the book that I’ve grown to care about, and I want to see those that I am not so fond of, and see if they succeed in their plots to ruin everyone, of if they are ruined themselves. I did find the chapters a little long, but that’s only because I really don’t like stopping in the middle of a chapter to go to sleep or do something else other than read. It was another great book, as expected, from V. C. Andrews.(less)

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Oct 20, 2009 Paula rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've never been a big VC Andrews fan, but this series drew me in. I was really excited when I stumbled across this book at a yard sale. I started reading it right away and found it hard to put down. That is until the last little bit. The ending was such a major let down. You build this hatred for the Uncle who is corrupting this family and expect him to get what he deserves. In the matter of a few pages, a major character is dead and the Uncle goes back to where he came from. It was so abrupt an...more

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Jun 05, 2009 Lacey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have just recently read this series. and i have greatly enjoyed. reading all four books in one week, ( expecting mom and out of work... nothing to do lol)

This book had me thinking how The Dresdan Dolls, ended u p. And Cathy's prediction in the first book " Flowers in attic" came true. She would die in the attic, which she did. That is you think about. She never had gotten over what her mother had done. I did like Cathy's character in this one. a more older. mature and wise women. I was sad to...more

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Jun 12, 2009 Brittni rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: gothic

This book was much better than the third one, yet it still read like the ghostwriter's style to me. It would be that way foreverafter.

I found it pretty predictable on the whole. And the vengeful old man character having been in the background of every book is just plain annoying. The uncle seemed exactly like the old servant from the third book, who was just like Malcolm. A circle of cookie cutter men.

I was pleasantly surprised with Cathy's character in this book. Rather than the stupid decision...more

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Mar 23, 2013 KJ rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An improvement over "If There Be Thorns", largely because of the return to Cathy as the narrator, but not much of one. The pacing is terrible, the characters never develop (serious, I think Cathy has the same three conversations with Chris, Cindy, and Bart at least a dozen times over the many years the book covers), and so many mysteries are set up with no reveals forthcoming. Just as frustrating as "Thorns", without the hope that the next book will come along and explain things for me.

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Nov 02, 2009 Christine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I didn't really understand the point of this book. I kept thinking it was going somewhere but in the end, it was just more random tragedy that was never fully explained. Bart's character, which I found perplexing in the prequel to this novel, grew even more perplexing in this novel. Worse, I didn't understand his family's actions in relation to him. I was also baffled by Cathy, who had made sense to me in the first few books, even when she behaved badly. The ending was abrupt and random.

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Virginia Cleo Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was born June 6, 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia. The youngest child and the only daughter of William Henry Andrews, a career navy man who opened a tool-and-die business after retirement, and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews, a telephone operator. She spent her happy childhood years in Portsmouth, Virginia, living briefly in Rochester, New York. The An...more Virginia Cleo Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was born June 6, 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia. The youngest child and the only daughter of William Henry Andrews, a career navy man who opened a tool-and-die business after retirement, and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews, a telephone operator. She spent her happy childhood years in Portsmouth, Virginia, living briefly in Rochester, New York. The Andrews family returned to Portsmouth while Virginia was in high school.

While a teenager, Virginia suffered a tragic accident, falling down the stairs at her school and incurred severe back injuries. Arthritis and a failed spinal surgical procedure forced her to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair.

Virginia excelled in school and, at fifteen, won a scholarship for writing a parody of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. She proudly earned her diploma from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. After graduation, she nurtured her artistic talent by completing a four-year correspondence art course while living at home with her family.

After William Andrews died in the late 1960's, Virginia helped to support herself and her mother through her extremely successful career as a commercial artist, portrait painter, and fashion illustrator.

Frustrated with the lack of creative satisfaction that her work provided, Virginia sought creative release through writing, which she did in secret. In 1972, she completed her first novel, The Gods of the Green Mountain [sic], a science-fantasy story. It was never published. Between 1972 and 1979, she wrote nine novels and twenty short stories, of which only one was published. "I Slept with My Uncle on My Wedding Night", a short fiction piece, was published in a pulp confession magazine.

Promise gleamed over the horizon for Virginia when she submitted a 290,000-word novel, The Obsessed, to a publishing company. She was told that the story had potential, but needed to be trimmed and spiced up a bit. She drafted a new outline in a single night and added "unspeakable things my mother didn't want me to write about." The ninety-eight-page revision was re-titled Flowers in the Attic and she was paid a $7,500 advance. Her new-generation Gothic novel reached the best-seller lists a mere two weeks after its 1979 paperback publication by Pocket Books.

Petals on the Wind, her sequel to Flowers, was published the next year, earning Virginia a $35,000 advance. The second book remained on the New York Times best-seller list for an unbelievable nineteen weeks (Flowers also returned to the list). These first two novels alone sold over seven million copies in only two years. The third novel of the Dollanganger series, If There Be Thorns, was released in 1981, bringing Virginia a $75,000 advance. It reached No. 2 on many best-seller lists within its first two weeks.

Taking a break from the chronicles of Chris and Cathy Dollanganger, Virginia published her one, and only, stand-alone novel, My Sweet Audrina, in 1982. The book welcomed an immediate success, topping the sales figures of her previous novels. Two years later, a fourth Dollanganger novel was released, Seeds of Yesterday. According to the New York Times, Seeds was the best-selling fiction paperback novel of 1984. Also in 1984, V.C. Andrews was named "Professional Woman of the Year" by the city of Norfolk, Virginia.

Upon Andrews's death in 1986, two final novels--Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts--were published. These two novels are considered the last to bear the "V.C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by Andrews herself.

Her novels were so successful that after her death her estate hired a ghost writer Andrew Neiderman, to write more stories to be published under her name.(less)

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