Whenever the summer winds blow I hear the flowers whispering, and the leaves singing in the forest, and I see again the birds on wing, the river fish jumping.
An edition of Heaven
(1985)
Hemel zonder Engelen
by V. C. Andrews
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In minder dan zes jaar, met slechts vijf titels, zijn er van Virginia Andrews meer dan 18.500.000 boeken verkocht! De Dollanganger-saga (Bloemen op zolder, Bloemen in de wind, Als er doornen zijn, Het zaad van gisteren) en M 'n lieve Audrina hebben Virginia Andrews een enthousiaste schare fans bezorgd; in de gehele wereld maar vooral ook in het Nederlandse taalgebied.
Met Hemel zonder engelen begint Andrews een nieuwe serie over haar favoriete onderwerp: de spanningen tussen kinderen, ouders en stiefouders, met huiveringwekkende accenten. Hemel zonder engelen is de fascinerende geschiedenis van de familie Casteel. Van alle mensen die in de armzalige hutten op de bergketen 'The Willies' in West Virginia woonden, waren de Casteel's de minste — het uitschot van de heuvels. Maar Heaven Leigh Casteel was het mooiste meisje van de buurt, ondanks haar gescheurde kleren en vuil gezichtje... ondanks een vader die gemener was dan tien slangen... ondanks een slonzige stiefmoeder die haar liet werken als een paard. Voor haar broer Tom en de kleintjes bleef Heaven vasthouden aan haar trots en haar hoop. Eens zouden ze daar wegtrekken en de wereld laten zien dat ze fatsoenlijk waren, mooi en talentvol — waard om gerespecteerd te wor- den en lief te hebben.
Maar toen ging Heaven's stiefmoeder ervandoor, en haar doortrapte, hebzuchtige vader had een plan — een wreed plan dat de kostbare droom van Heaven en de kinderen dreigde te vernietigen.
Andrews weet altijd een scala van emoties bij haar lezers op te wekken: vrolijkheid en medelijden, maar ook boosheid, afschuw en huiveringen. Hemel zonder engelen spant op dat gebied de kroon.
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Fiction, Juvenile audience, poverty, fathers and daughters, family problems, dysfunctional families, horror fiction, horror tales, father-daughter relationship, Casteel family (Fictitious characters), Heaven Casteel (Fictitious character), Fiction, horror, Casteel family (fictitious characters), fiction, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Fiction, general, Large type books, English fiction, Spanish language, Espagnol (Langue), collectionid:vcactPeople
Leigh Casteel, Heaven Leigh Casteel, Luke Casteel, Sarah Casteel, Tom Casteel, Fanny Casteel, Keith Casteel, Jane Casteel, Kitty Dennison, Cal DennisonPlaces
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Casteel Family, #1
Of all the folks in the mountain shacks, The Casteels were the lowest -- the scum of the hills.
Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face... despite a father meaner than ten vipers... despite her weary stepmother, who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones, Heaven clung to her pride and her hopes. Someday they'd get away and show the world that they were decent, fine and talented -- worthy of love and respect.
Then Heaven's stepmother ran off, and her wicked, greedy father had a scheme -- a vicious scheme that threatened to destroy the precious dream of Heaven and the children forever!
Deep in Her Heart, Heaven Dreamed....
Pa didn't come home for an entire week. I sat on the porch steps late one night and stared at the stormy sky. There had to be a better place than here for me. Somewhere, a better place. An owl hooted, followed by the howl of a roaming wolf. The autumn wind from the north shrieked and whistled around the forest trees, whipped around the trembling cabin and tried to blow it away....
I stared at the moon -- the same moon that rode high over Hollywood and New York City, London and Paris. Someday I'd like to have a real bed of my own to sleep in, with goosedown pillows and satin comforters. I'd have closets full of new dresses, and shoes by the dozen, in all colors, and I'd eat in fancy restaurants where tall slim candles glowed... but right now I had only a hard cold step to sit on. And tears were freezing on my cheeks and lashes....
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WHENEVER THE SUMMER WINDS BLOW I HEAR THE FLOWers whispering, and the leaves singing in the forest, and I see again the birds on wing, the river fish jumping.
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