Shadows 01 April Shadows
by V. C. Andrews
APRIL HAD ALWAYS FELT LIKE AN OUTSIDER.
Her older sister Brenda was tall, athletic, competitive, and sure of
herself. But April Taylor was short, sensitive, and overweight — and
she couldn't bounce back from their father's cutting criticisms the way
Brenda did. April didn't know why their once-loving dad had become a
coldhearted monster, but she was sure it had something to do with her.
And she could see how his cruel behavior was tearing away at her gentle
mother. But a glimmer of happiness returns when Brenda brings home her
college roommate: beautiful, bewitching Celia. And April wonders if she
might not be so different from Brenda after all....
Her older sister Brenda was tall, athletic, competitive, and sure of
herself. But April Taylor was short, sensitive, and overweight — and
she couldn't bounce back from their father's cutting criticisms the way
Brenda did. April didn't know why their once-loving dad had become a
coldhearted monster, but she was sure it had something to do with her.
And she could see how his cruel behavior was tearing away at her gentle
mother. But a glimmer of happiness returns when Brenda brings home her
college roommate: beautiful, bewitching Celia. And April wonders if she
might not be so different from Brenda after all....