Seeds of Yesterday

The Dollanganger Saga continues into the early 1990s. After undergoing psychiatric treatment in his teens following his encounter with his now-deceased grandmother Corrine Foxworth, Bart Sheffield has become the sole heir of her estate. He has rebuilt and moved into Foxworth Hall and legally changed his surname to Foxworth. The estate is legally being managed by Bart's mother Cathy's third husband, Christopher Sheffield, until Bart turns 25 as stipulated in Corrine's will. Bart gathers his entire family to celebrate this important birthday--on which an extra clause in Corrine's will is to be read as she had instructed. The family includes: his parents Chris and Cathy Sheffield, whose incestuous relationship disgusts Bart; his older brother and sister-in-law, Jory and Melodie Marquet, who are both renowned ballet dancers; and his adopted teenage sister, Cindy Sheffield, who is openly exploring her sexuality. Bart has pushed his family away since his psychiatric treatment, especially Chris, whom he no longer wants in his life, and Cindy, whom he has never viewed as his sister. An unexpected occurrence at the party sequesters the entire family at Foxworth Hall indefinitely. Bart has become fanatically religious like his great-grandparents, Malcolm and Olivia Foxworth, whom he idolizes. Malcolm's spirit lives in Bart and compels him to dictate his family's actions and act on his warped view of the female gender based on his parents' relationship as he tries to reconcile his own animal urges with his/Malcolm's religious beliefs.