Chris, Cathy and Carrie escape their attic prison and travel on a bus bound for Florida .  They meet a nice large black lady named Henny who takes them to Dr. Paul Sheffields home when she see's Carrie is very sick.  They become his "wards" and set out to have a normal life.  Cathy becomes a ballerina, Chris goes to medical school to be the doctor he always wanted to be.  Poor Carrie still with a large head and a body too small struggling to find acceptance and love from others.  Cathy weaves a tangled web of desire, revenge and  ambition as the story unfolds.   Like Spanish moss that "clings and kills" tragedy awaits around every corner.  Will she ever get the justice she wants or the happiness she deserves? Free. Was ever a word more wonderful than that one? -- Catherine Dollanganger Download Plot Summary Home Flowers in the Attic Petals on the Wind If There Be Thorns Seeds of Yesterday Garden of Shadows Doll Series Family Tree (Spoilers here!) Characters Chapter Listing International Covers for Petals On the Wind Buy This book Write a Book Review! Characters  Dr Christopher Dollaganger Sheffield   Catherine Leigh Dollanganger Marquet Sheffield   Carrie Dollanganger Sheffield Bartholomew Winslow       Henrietta Beech (“Henny”)    Dr Paul Scott Sheffield (“Dr Paul”) Julian Marquet Julian Janus Marquet (Jory)   Bart Scott Winslow Sheffield Madam Marisha Rosencoff   Georges Rosencoff   Madam Zolta  Korovenskov   Olivia Winfield Foxworth Corrine Foxworth Dollanganger Winslow Amanda Sheffield Sissy Towers Lacy St John   Yolanda Lange   Theodore Alexander Rockingham (Alex)   Emma Linstrom   Julia Sheffield    Scotty Sheffield    Denise Danielle    Miss Emily Dean Dewhurst    Norma Belle   Lorraine DuVall            Miss Longhurst   Thelma Merkel   Miss Williamson   April Summers    Alex Tarrell and Michael Michelle Johnny Stoneman   Miss Mallory Mr & Mrs. Parkins and Baby Clara    Chapter Listing  Part One - Free, at Last! A New Home Life's Second Chance Part Two Visions of Sugarplums The Audition School Days Renewed Enchantress... Me? My First Date Sweeter Than All the Roses Owl on the Roof Momma's Shadow A Birthday's Gift Foxworth Hall, from the Outside Toward the Top New York, New York A Fighting Chance Winter Dreams April's Fools Labyrinth of Lies Too Many Loves to Lose Part Three Dreams Comes True Gathering Shadows The Thirteenth Dancer Interlude for Three Part Four My Sweet Small Prince Opening Gambit The Siren Call of the Mountains Carrie's Bittersweet Romance Part Five The Time for Vengeance Tiger by the Tail Spider and the Fly The Grandmother, Revisited Stacking the Deck Revelations Reaping the Harvest Home Flowers in the Attic Petals on the Wind If There Be Thorns Seeds of Yesterday Garden of Shadows Doll Series Family Tree (Spoilers here!) Write a Book Review! playing "Romeo and Juliet"