Trusting their mother who loved them the dollanganger kids stuck it out in the attic for as long as they could.
Flowers in the attic mother dies.
The family moves into corrines parents house.
A father dies in a car accident on his 36th birthday the mother corrine dollanganger does all she can for her four children but cannot make enough money.
Petals on the wind.
But eventually tragic events lead to their decision to break out.
Flowers in the attic inspired the band name for amanda palmer s band the dresden dolls while gillian flynn has said that the mother and grandmother characters begat her addiction to wicked.