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All That Glitters

  • 1995 first published
  • 344 pages
  • 25 editions

V.C. Andrews's All That Glitters (1995) is a horror novel. The story is set in Louisiana and New Orleans, La.. It features Ruby Landry, Paul Tate and Pearl. Key subjects include twins, mothers and daughters, private schools and family.

68 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 25 editions across 5 languages.

At about 344 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About All That Glitters

**Driven from the Dumas mansion back to her beloved bayou, Ruby's only hope is that fate will let her begin anew....** Living again in a humble shack, Ruby is determined to make a secure and happy home for her precious infant daughter, Pearl. Paul Tate -- her first love, whom she was forced to abandon -- is at her side once more, now a man of dazzling wealth. When he whisks her into his grand house, it seems their future is assured. As mistress of Cypress Woods, Ruby can forget even the shocking reason she and Paul must wed in a secret ceremony and remain husband and wife in name alone. But the thick, expensive walls of Cypress Woods cannot shut out the terrible memories that have woven their fabric over her destiny, or the cold eyes of Paul's mother Gladys, reminding Ruby of the secret she must keep to give Pearl a loving father. Then her venomous twin sister, Gisselle, arrives to taunt her with news of Beau Andreas, the true father Pearl has never met, and the only man Ruby will ever long for with all her body and soul. Desperate to find the complete, fulfilling life she craves, Ruby builds a precarious new existence, a flimsy shanty of hope that the first flood washes away. Only when the storm exposes the very blackest evils of the past will she glimpse the rainbow's fragile promise, a morning of sunshine and laughter with a family of her own....
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Ruby Landry
  • Paul Tate
  • Pearl
  • Gladys
  • Gisselle
  • Beau Andreas

Subjects

  • Twins
  • Twins in fiction
  • Mothers and daughters in fiction
  • Louisiana in fiction
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Domestic fiction
  • Love stories
  • Romance fiction
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror tales
  • Private schools
  • Family
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Children's fiction
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Horror

Quick answers

Who wrote All That Glitters?

All That Glitters was written by V.C. Andrews and first published in 1995.

What genre is All That Glitters?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is All That Glitters?

The median edition has 344 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to All That Glitters?

Readers who like it often enjoy Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Merrick and The Witching Hour.

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