<Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Seeds of Yesterday (1984) </Td> </Tr> <P> If There Be Thorns is a novel by Virginia C. Andrews which was published in 1981 . It is the third book in the Dollanganger series . The story takes place in the year 1982 . There was a Lifetime movie of the same name that premiered on April 5, 2015 (Easter). </P> <P> The book is narrated by two half - brothers, Jory and Bart Sheffield . Jory is a handsome, talented fourteen - year - old boy who wants to follow his mother Cathy in her career in the ballet, while nine - year old Bart, who sees himself as plain and clumsy, feels inferior to his brother . Bart spends his time in his own world of pretend--often covering bad things that he does with fantasies he creates . He also has congenital analgesia and cannot feel pain as a result, putting him at serious risk of injury or death by infection . </P> <P> By now, Cathy and Chris live together as husband and wife . To hide their history, they tell the boys and other people they know that Chris was Paul's younger brother . Cathy and Chris have a passionate and very loving relationship, described by Bart who has accidentally witnessed encounters between them . Cathy is a loving mother to her sons, but shows some favoritism towards Jory . Unable to have more children, Cathy adopts Cindy, the two - year - old daughter of one of her former dance students who was killed in an accident . She longs to have a girl, as well as a child that is hers and Christopher's . Initially against it, Chris comes to accept Cindy, and Jory does as well, but Bart is very upset and resentful . Lonely from all the attention Jory and Cindy are receiving, Bart befriends the new elderly next door neighbor, who invites him over for cookies and ice cream and encourages him to call her "Grandmother ." Jory eventually goes next door as well to see whom Bart keeps visiting, only to have the old lady tell him that she is actually his grandmother . Jory initially doesn't believe her, and avoids her at all costs . Bart, on the other hand, soon develops an affectionate friendship with the old woman, and she does her best to give Bart whatever he wants while making Bart promise to keep her gifts--and their relationship--a secret from his mother . </P>

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