Melodie does not deal well with Jory's disability and withdraws from him. Cathy tries to make the best out of the situation, but any happiness ends when Jory is in an accident, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down and unable to dance. Bart and Jory's sister Cindy, who is now sixteen, arrives and it becomes clear that Bart does not like her either. Bart is jealous of Jory and shows an unhealthy interest in Melodie. Soon after their arrival, they announce that Melodie is pregnant. Jory, who is almost thirty, has been married to Melodie, his childhood sweetheart and ballet partner, for nine years. He has grown into a handsome young man, but is extremely jealous, power hungry and bitter that Chris is the guardian of his money until his thirty-fifth birthday.īart's brother Jory visits and eventually moves in with his wife. Bart is still bitter towards his mother and father for their incestuous relationship, so their stay is not pleasant. Bart looks at Joel as a father figure a fact that troubles Cathy greatly. Joel gives Bart bad information about God and punishment. He contacted Bart after learning of Corrine's death and now works as the head butler at Bart's request. Joel explains that he was taken to a monastery to recover. They meet a man named Joel, who is their uncle, Corrine's brother, who was long thought killed in an avalanche. Cathy and Chris arrive at the home of their son, Bart, which is oddly an exact replica of Foxworth Hall (which burned down in Petals on the Wind) to celebrate Bart's twenty-fifth birthday. The story begins fifteen years after the events in If There Be Thorns. Cathy was born in April 1945, meaning the events in the book occur between 1997–2001, which was thirteen years into the future at the time the book was originally published in 1984. The story continues from the point of view of the protagonist, Cathy, following her from the age of 52 until her death a few years later. It is the fourth book in the Dollanganger Series. Seeds of Yesterday is a novel written by V.
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