History Literature / TheWildflowers

* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Most of the girls, especially Cat and Star, are hinted to have PTSD, or similar conditions, as well as anxiety and depression.
** Craig has clearly got mental issues of some kind, being very delusional and seeing nothing wrong with [[spoiler: imprisoning a teenage girl]], though it's not made clear what exactly is wrong with him.

''The Wildflowers'' is a series of novels published under [[Creator/VCAndrews V.C Andrews's]] name, but actually written by a ghost-writer. Published in 1999, the series revolves around four troubled teen girls who are court ordered to attend group therapy. Slowly, they open up to each other about their {{Dark and Troubled Past}}s and discover they aren’t quite as alone as they first thought.

* IncestIsRelative: Well, what were you expecting from a V.C.Andrews' series? [[spoiler:Except in the case of this series, it's actually subverted as neither parties were related to each other by blood.]]
** It's revealed that Geraldine was in love with her uncle [[spoiler: who had an affair with his sister-in-law, Geraldine's mother]]. [[spoiler: As it turns out though, Geraldine was actually adopted, so she and her uncle weren't biologically related, though she didn't know this]].
** See also ParentalIncest further down.
** Misty's mother brings up the OedipusComplex, claiming this is why Misty allegedly prefers her father's company. Misty is utterly disgusted by this and [[CallingTheOldManOut rips her mother a new one]] in response.

* RealityEnsues: Misty and Lloyd experience this after [[spoiler: running away]]. They have no money to make it to Seattle, meaning they have to spend the night under a bridge [[spoiler: and forcing Lloyd to try and rob a store, leading to them being arrested]].

* IncestIsRelative: Well, what were you expecting from a V.C.Andrews' series?

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: All four girls in the end.]]

''The Wildflowers'' is a series of novels published under [[Creator/VCAndrews V.C Andrews']] name, but actually written by a ghost-writer. Published in 1999, the series revolves around four troubled teen girls who are court ordered to attend group therapy. Slowly, they open up to each other about their {{Dark and Troubled Past}}s and discover they aren’t quite as alone as they first thought.

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Misty's father cheated on her mother prior to their divorce. Misty suspects that he was sleeping with his new girlfriend Ariel before the divorce was finalised.
** It's revealed that [[spoiler: Cat's biological mother was also Geraldine's (her adopted mother) mother, who conceived Cat after having an affair with her brother-in-law, resulting in Geraldine and Howard adopting Cat and passing her off as their biological daughter to prevent a scandal]].

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour / TeensAreMonsters: