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Such wonderful children. Such a beautiful mother. Such a lovely house. Such endless terror! It wasn't that she didn't love her children. She did. But there was a fortune at stake—a fortune that would assure their later happiness if she could keep the children a secret from her dying father. So she and her mother hid her darlings away in an unused attic. Just for a little while. But the brutal days swelled into agonizing years. Now Cathy, Chris, and the twins wait in their cramped and helpless world, stirred by adult dreams, adult desires, served a meager sustenance by an angry, superstitious grandmother who knows that the Devil works in dark and devious ways. Sometimes he sends children to do his work—children who—one by one—must be destroyed.... 'Way upstairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent struggling to stay alive....'
Publication Year: 1979
I’m starting to just skim the pages now, which I didn’t even know I could do as a form of reading. I am determined to find out what happens but this book is utter shite and am shook that’s is the first in a series, excuse me? Also it seems this was reading material for kids in the US, like on the education curriculum…. can anyone confirm and explain why?
I’m starting to just skim the pages now, which I didn’t even know I could do as a form of reading. I am determined to find out what happens but this book is utter shite and am shook that’s is the first in a series, excuse me? Also it seems this was reading material for kids in the US, like on the education curriculum…. can anyone confirm and explain why?
This is a re read for me. I love this series and have been in a slump. I also saw a video essay on the series and it reminded me how much I love the series. Definitely not for everyone though