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Rosemary
Oct 06, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Four children live a happy life until their father dies in an accident and their mother takes them back to her very wealthy parents' home. The downside is that she has to hide them from their grandfather, who is very ill. When he dies, they'll all be rich and free. But for now the children have to stay hidden in the attic ...

This must have been a shocking book in its time! Full of incestuous family secrets and worse. I was surprised how good it was. Sensational, of course, but a real page-turne
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Lindsey
Dec 10, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: favourite-books
read this in my teens and absolutely loved it, got me reading several other Virginia Andrews novels but this was the first I read and the best -one of the few books I could easily re-read
Marisa
Sep 06, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Angela
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Angela
Nov 01, 2010 rated it it was ok
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Emma
Nov 10, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Dec 04, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Ariella
Mar 31, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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May 14, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Alba BookPics
Jul 03, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Martine
Oct 20, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Lauren
Oct 21, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Allison Ann
Aug 23, 2012 rated it did not like it
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Booknblues
Aug 30, 2012 rated it did not like it
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Dec 06, 2012 marked it as to-read
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May 22, 2014 rated it really liked it
sonya marie madden
Nov 01, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Erika
Feb 16, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Megan
Oct 16, 2017 marked it as to-read
Lisa Wilkinson
Feb 15, 2018 marked it as wishlist