Broken Wings (Broken Wings, #1) in V.C. Andrews

Feb 07, 2012 Marie rated it it was ok

Unlike all the other VC Andrews heroines the girls in this book start off basically bad. They are problematic to their respective parents.Some of the parents of problematic to the girls. Take for instance Robin. She and her mother live with her grandparents who (at least grandpa) is your classic VCA a bible thumbing character.

Robin’s mother (“mother darling”) dreams of being a country western singer and takes herself and Robin to Nashville Tennessee to see if she can make it big as a singer. Sh Unlike all the other VC Andrews heroines the girls in this book start off basically bad. They are problematic to their respective parents.Some of the parents of problematic to the girls. Take for instance Robin. She and her mother live with her grandparents who (at least grandpa) is your classic VCA a bible thumbing character.

Robin’s mother (“mother darling”) dreams of being a country western singer and takes herself and Robin to Nashville Tennessee to see if she can make it big as a singer. She (with her mother) ends up having to stay at this nasty apartment with one of her mothers boyfriends who is in this band she has joined. As Robin’s mother starts to find success in the music scene, Robin gets herself in a heap of trouble. (view spoiler) That is where her story ends.

Teal is a little rich girl who lives with her parents in the lap of luxury. Her father pays for her to go to a private school because she gets in trouble at her public school. But she also gets into trouble at her private school.

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Phoebe is a young African American girl who lives in inner city Atlanta. Her mother is a drug addict and an alcoholic and runs away for good. Her father is forced to go farther and farther away in his sales job to make ends meet. He decides that Phoebe should go stay with her aunt and uncle in Stone Mountain, a suburb of Atlanta. Her aunt however, is another religious zealot and forces Phoebe to conform to their way of life and she is also enrolled in a school unlike she has ever gone to before.

Phoebe rebels a lot. But this gets her into trouble. Some girls pretending to want to get someone else in trouble hatch a plan which is bad news for Phoebe.

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This book was okay. It is definitely not the caliber of the Dollanganger series or even the DeBeers series. ...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Donna rated it liked it

This book felt like one of the old series (like orphans) where it had the short pieces of the girls and then a novel at the end that involved all 4 of the girls. This one had three and the reasons why they are where they are (the events that led up to where they are) and the next book will be involving all three of the girls I'm sure. It wasn't a bad book (I did finish it), but it wasn't the best either. Will read the next in the series. ...more

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Sep 30, 2011 Nicole Johnston rated it it was amazing

Pretty good book. Interesting. Easy to read. Nice book to read when your bored at home. Sometimes its a little predictable but still a good book. V.c. Andrews is a good author.

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