First published 1979
After their father's death, the Dollanganger children are locked away in their grandparents' attic, starved and tormented by their cruel, controlling grandmother. As the days turn to years, the siblings must cling to each other and their dreams of escape, even as their mother's love fades. In their desperate isolation, the teenagers Cathy and Christopher find solace in a forbidden, dangerously passionate romance - their only light in the darkness.
Genres: historical-fiction, abuse, gothic, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-love, found-family
Setting: Europe, Florida, Foxworth Hall, Gladstone, Pennsylvania
Period: 1957, 1960
416 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Pocket
Content warnings: abuse, child-abuse, incest