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* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Chris' fiancee--a nurse named Sarah--''did'' appear in an early draft of the book.
* NamesTheSame: In the TV movie Whitney Hoy's character Sarah Reeves shares the same name as the girl Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt played in ''Series/PartyOfFive''.

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* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Chris' fiancee--a nurse named Sarah--''did'' appear in an early draft of the book.
* NamesTheSame: In the TV movie Whitney Hoy's character Sarah Reeves shares the same name as the girl Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt played in ''Series/PartyOfFive''.
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** Kristy Swanson (who played Cathy in ''Film/FlowersInTheAttic1987 '') claims she and Louise Fletcher (who played grandmother) were sent scripts for a potential adaptation of this book too. It never got off the ground, despite the two of them agreeing to it. She later said she didn't think the script was good, calling it "a real sexfest".

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** Kristy Swanson (who played Cathy in ''Film/FlowersInTheAttic1987 '') claims she and Louise Fletcher (who played grandmother) were sent scripts for a potential adaptation of this book too. It ''Petals on the Wind''. Allegedly the second film would have had the ''grandmother'' remarry a much-younger man, whom Cathy seduces. Despite both Swanson and Fletcher agreeing to reprise their roles, the film never got off the ground, despite the two of them agreeing to it. She ground. Swanson later said she didn't think the script was good, calling it "a real sexfest".
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* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Chris' fiancee--a nurse named Sarah--''did' appear in an early draft of the book.

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* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Chris' fiancee--a nurse named Sarah--''did' Sarah--''did'' appear in an early draft of the book.
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** Cleo the Dog, a moderator on the Lost Angels of VCA fan forum, found the first draft of ''Literature/PetalsOnTheWind'' at Boston University under the title ''Where the Greener Grass Grows''. The BrotherSisterIncest, believe it or not, is dropped early on and Cathy marries Dr. Paul while Chris married a nurse named Sarah (an element that Lifetime seemed to have used for the film adaptation), and Carrie married her love interest Alex and had a daughter. Jory and Bart Jr. never appear, and Cathy decides she doesn't want to be a ballerina anymore.
** Kristy Swanson, who played Cathy in the 1987 adaptation of ''Film/FlowersInTheAttic'', claims she and Louise Fletcher (who played grandmother) were sent scripts for a potential adaptation of this book too. It never got off the ground, despite the two of them agreeing to it. She later said she didn't think the script was good, calling it "a real sexfest".

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** Cleo the Dog, a Dog (a moderator on the Lost Angels of VCA fan forum, forum) found the first draft of ''Literature/PetalsOnTheWind'' at Boston University under the title ''Where the Greener Grass Grows''. The BrotherSisterIncest, believe it or not, is dropped early on and Cathy marries Dr. Paul Paul, while Chris married a nurse named Sarah (an element that Lifetime seemed to have used for the film adaptation), (see GodCreatedCanonForeigner below), and Carrie married her love interest Alex and had a daughter. Jory and Bart Jr. never appear, and Cathy decides she doesn't want to be a ballerina anymore.
** Kristy Swanson, who Swanson (who played Cathy in the 1987 adaptation of ''Film/FlowersInTheAttic'', ''Film/FlowersInTheAttic1987 '') claims she and Louise Fletcher (who played grandmother) were sent scripts for a potential adaptation of this book too. It never got off the ground, despite the two of them agreeing to it. She later said she didn't think the script was good, calling it "a real sexfest".



* NamesTheSame: In the TV movie Whitney Hoy's character Sarah Reeves shares the same name as the girl Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt played in ''Series/PartyOfFive''.
* TheOtherDarrin: Due to the huge TimeSkip, it would have been impossible for the original actors to portray the Dollanganger children. Rose [=McIver=] takes over as Cathy, Wyatt Nash as Chris and Bailey De Young as Carrie.

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* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Chris' fiancee--a nurse named Sarah--''did' appear in an early draft of the book.
* NamesTheSame: In the TV movie Whitney Hoy's character Sarah Reeves shares the same name as the girl Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt played in ''Series/PartyOfFive''.
* TheOtherDarrin: Due to the huge TimeSkip, it would have been impossible for the original actors to portray the Dollanganger children. Rose [=McIver=] takes over as Cathy, Wyatt Nash as Chris and Bailey De Young as Carrie.
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* DawsonCasting: Bailey De Young, who plays Carrie (a teenager), was twenty-five.
* FakeAmerican: Cathy in the TV movie is played by New Zealand actress Rose [=McIver=].
* NamesTheSame: In the TV movie Whitney Hoy's character Sarah Reeves shares the same name as the girl Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt played in ''Series/PartyOfFive''.
* TheOtherDarrin: Due to the huge TimeSkip, it would have been impossible for the original actors to portray the Dollanganger children. Rose [=McIver=] takes over as Cathy, Wyatt Nash as Chris and Bailey De Young as Carrie.

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* DawsonCasting: Bailey De Young, who plays Carrie (a teenager), was twenty-five.
* FakeAmerican: Cathy in the TV movie is played by New Zealand actress Rose [=McIver=].
* NamesTheSame: In the TV movie Whitney Hoy's character Sarah Reeves shares the same name as the girl Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt played in ''Series/PartyOfFive''.
* TheOtherDarrin: Due to the huge TimeSkip, it would have been impossible for the original actors to portray the Dollanganger children. Rose [=McIver=] takes over as Cathy, Wyatt Nash as Chris and Bailey De Young as Carrie.
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** Kristy Swanson, who played Cathy in the 1987 adaptation of ''Film/FlowersInTheAttic'', claims she and Louise Fletcher (who played grandmother) were sent scripts for a potential adaptation of this book too. It never got off the ground, despite the two of them agreeing to it. She later said she didn't think the script was good, calling it "a real sexfest".

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** Kristy Swanson, who played Cathy in the 1987 adaptation of ''Film/FlowersInTheAttic'', claims she and Louise Fletcher (who played grandmother) were sent scripts for a potential adaptation of this book too. It never got off the ground, despite the two of them agreeing to it. She later said she didn't think the script was good, calling it "a real sexfest".sexfest".

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* DawsonCasting: Bailey De Young, who plays Carrie (a teenager), was twenty-five.
* FakeAmerican: Cathy in the TV movie is played by New Zealand actress Rose [=McIver=].
* NamesTheSame: In the TV movie Whitney Hoy's character Sarah Reeves shares the same name as the girl Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt played in ''Series/PartyOfFive''.
* TheOtherDarrin: Due to the huge TimeSkip, it would have been impossible for the original actors to portray the Dollanganger children. Rose [=McIver=] takes over as Cathy, Wyatt Nash as Chris and Bailey De Young as Carrie.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Cleo the Dog, a moderator on the Lost Angels of VCA fan forum, found the first draft of ''Literature/PetalsOnTheWind'' at Boston University under the title ''Where the Greener Grass Grows''. The BrotherSisterIncest, believe it or not, is dropped early on and Cathy marries Dr. Paul while Chris married a nurse named Sarah (an element that Lifetime seemed to have used for the film adaptation), and Carrie married her love interest Alex and had a daughter. Jory and Bart Jr. never appear, and Cathy decides she doesn't want to be a ballerina anymore.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: DawsonCasting: Bailey De Young, who plays Carrie (a teenager), was twenty-five.
* FakeAmerican: Cathy in the TV movie is played by New Zealand actress Rose [=McIver=].
* NamesTheSame: In the TV movie Whitney Hoy's character Sarah Reeves shares the same name as the girl Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt played in ''Series/PartyOfFive''.
* TheOtherDarrin: Due to the huge TimeSkip, it would have been impossible for the original actors to portray the Dollanganger children. Rose [=McIver=] takes over as Cathy, Wyatt Nash as Chris and Bailey De Young as Carrie.
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Cleo the Dog, a moderator on the Lost Angels of VCA fan forum, found the first draft of ''Literature/PetalsOnTheWind'' at Boston University under the title ''Where the Greener Grass Grows''. The BrotherSisterIncest, believe it or not, is dropped early on and Cathy marries Dr. Paul while Chris married a nurse named Sarah (an element that Lifetime seemed to have used for the film adaptation), and Carrie married her love interest Alex and had a daughter. Jory and Bart Jr. never appear, and Cathy decides she doesn't want to be a ballerina anymore.anymore.
** Kristy Swanson, who played Cathy in the 1987 adaptation of ''Film/FlowersInTheAttic'', claims she and Louise Fletcher (who played grandmother) were sent scripts for a potential adaptation of this book too. It never got off the ground, despite the two of them agreeing to it. She later said she didn't think the script was good, calling it "a real sexfest".
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Cleo the Dog, a moderator on the Lost Angels of VCA fan forum, found the first draft of ''Literature/PetalsOnTheWind'' at Boston University under the title ''Where the Greener Grass Grows''. The BrotherSisterIncest, believe it or not, is dropped early on and Cathy marries Dr. Paul while Chris married a nurse named Sarah (an element that Lifetime seemed to have used for the film adaptation), and Carrie married her love interest Alex and had a daughter. Jory and Bart Jr. never appear, and Cathy decides she doesn't want to be a ballerina anymore.

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