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The Unwelcomed Child: A Novel Kindle Edition

by V. C. Andrews (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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A teenage girl must uncover the truth of her birth to find the familial love she craves in this psychological thriller from a New York Times bestseller.

Elle Edwards grew up believing that because of her mother’s sinful ways she was born without a soul; that’s why she was abandoned and left in the care of Grandmother Myra and Grandfather Prescott, who try to ensure her evil will not infect them—by raising her in a virtual prison. Because her days are occupied with homeschooling, strict religious studies, and vigorous housekeeping in their upstate New York home, Elle knows practically nothing of the outside world, even as she emerges as a young woman with impressive artistic talent. But when she makes a secret, forbidden connection to vacationers at the nearby lake—a handsome boy and his precocious twin sister—Elle’s world will shatter. Will discovering the truths about her past send her future plummeting to hell?

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One of the most popular authors of all time, V.C. Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of Flowers in the Attic, first in the renowned Dollanganger family series, which includes Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. The family saga continues with Christopher’s Diary: Secrets of Foxworth, Christopher’s Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger, and Secret Brother, as well as Beneath the Attic, Out of the Attic, and Shadows of Foxworth as part of the fortieth anniversary celebration. There are more than ninety V.C. Andrews novels, which have sold over 107 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five foreign languages. Andrews’s life story is told in The Woman Beyond the Attic. Join the conversation about the world of V.C. Andrews at Facebook.com/OfficialVCAndrews.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DJYOVNG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Books (January 21, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 21, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5070 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 385 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #32,600 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #324 in Historical Thrillers (Books)
- #407 in Saga Fiction
- #408 in Paranormal Suspense

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One of the most popular authors of all time, V.C. Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of her spellbinding classic Flowers in the Attic. That blockbuster novel began her renowned Dollanganger family saga, which includes Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. Since then, readers have been captivated by more than fifty novels in V.C. Andrews' bestselling series. The thrilling new series featuring the March family continues with Scattered Leaves, forthcoming from Pocket Books. V.C. Andrews' novels have sold more than one hundred million copies and have been translated into sixteen foreign languages.

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cool school is in

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2019

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V.C. Andrews passed away thirty years ago, yet new novels continue to be published under her name. They are actually the work of ghost writer Andrew Neihardt,, but are sanctioned by her estate. I have read several of the fake V.C. Andrews novels, and they make for absorbing reading despite lacking the gothic atmosphere and mythic power that made books like "Flowers in the Attic" and "My Sweet Audrina" such cult classics. "The Unwelcomed Child" reads like a softer version of Stephen King's "Carrie" but has similarities to Andrews's earlier work. The heroine, Elle Edwards, has been kept a virtual prisoner of her insanely religious grandmother and her decent but hen-pecked grandfather and forced to perform slave labor (shades of Cinderella.) On a rare excursion to the outside world, she manages to meet two privileged but surprisingly open and helpful teens, handsome heartthrob Mason and his terminally hip twin sister Claudine. Together they take Elle under their wing and help her break out of her shell, while Mason awakens her hitherto dormant sexuality. The scenes of Elle, Mason, and Claudine on the lake and in the twins' summer home have an idyllic quality that contrasts sharply with the harshness of the earlier part of the book, and the story ends on a surprisingly hopeful note: one gets the feeling that Elle will be all right, despite her harsh upbringing. "The Unwelcomed Child" touches on many themes familiar from V.C. Andrews's work: family dysfunction, religious fanaticism, sexual repression, and abused or neglected children. The characters for the most part are well-drawn and convincing, although Mason and Claudine seem a little too good to be true (I wish I had friends like them in high school!) Also, one wonders why Elle's grandfather, who seems to be a reasonable man, allowed her grandmother to abuse her for so long. "The Unwelcomed Child" is not great literature, but it is fast-paced and holds the reader's attention. A perfect book for summer reading.

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Carrie upright

The Unwelcome child

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2024

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Love this book and love VC Andrew s will be getting more them I like read all them

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2023

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The book.spoke of love fear and searching for acceptance had a very happy ending. Couldn't put my book down. Great read

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Jessica

Okay book

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2022

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I guess I gave it only 4 stars because I kept thinking it would pick up a little more 🤷‍♀️ Other than that a good quick read to kill time

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024

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I had not read her books in awhile, this author leave you wanting more! On to the next book! Wish I had all her books!

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Ms.LiveFreeOrDie

It was alright but the ending was abrupt and left you hanging

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2014

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I wish there was more to this book, like a part two. ***minor spoiler alert***
The story goes along nicely, ok blah blah, unloving grandma gets sick, the grandpa (who's balls are firmly planted in his wife's purse) finally starts showing the girl love and warmth that she desperately needed since she was born, grandma dies, girl gets to finally go to school, the end. Pretty much.

Left me wondering how the girl did in school? Like, was she a total weirdo freak and bullied for it because of how she was raised? Did she turn into being promiscuous? Was she made fun of for her clothes? Play sports? What the hell happened after she started her "new, more normal" life? Did she keep in touch with her friends, the weird borderline incestuous twins? She get married? Have kids? I want to know how her life ended up after being locked away, deprived of love and normal human experiences even as primal as sunlight and fresh air outside! Being taught that sex and desire and basic physical touch, and even her own womanly body and menstruation was all so dirty and sinful and that she had to have demons in her straight from hell, how did all that effect her as an adult? She must have had a lot of sexual hangups, intimacy issues, self esteem issues, you name it!
And there, at the end of the book, all you know is that she was happy to finally be free. WTF did she DO with that freedom??? The last sentence says
"...I would continue the long journey to discover who I was and who I was meant to be". Well???? So, who is she? How did she turn out?

I liked the book, but the ending sucks. If ever a sequel was needed, it's with this book. Tell us what happened after, dammit! I teeter on feeling like I wasted my time reading it. I did enjoy the book, but it was wrecked by the ending.

Also, the boy/girl twins kissing on the lips and skinnydippin? Implying that they figured out sexual things with/on eachother...pretty creepy and gross. Ew

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Loved this book. Couldn't put it down

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024

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I read vc Andrew's other books when I was younger, and this one was as well written and engrossing as the others.