Synopses & Reviews
It's just another October day until Erin’s parents are hit by a speeding tow truck. Mom dies instantly. Dad dies one month later, after doctors assure Erin he’s going to make it. Now Erin and her sister are left to raise their baby brother—and each other.
This is Erin Vincent’s gripping true story of how one moment tears a family apart and how love and strength come together to rebuild what was lost. Grief Girl will break your heart and then fill you with hope, time and time again.
Synopsis
This is the gripping true story of how one devastating moment tears a family apart and how love and strength come together to rebuild what was lost. "Compelling... tinged with the rawness only real life can provide." --Entertainment Weekly
I am just like you.
I get bored in school.
I goof off with my friends.
I fight with my family.
I have big dreams.
I am just like everyone else.
And then, in a split second, I'm not.
It's just another October day until Erin's parents are hit by a speeding tow truck. Mom dies instantly. Dad dies one month later, after doctors assure Erin he's going to make it. Now Erin and her sister are left to raise their baby brother--and each other.
Grief Girl will break your heart and then fill you with hope, time and time again.
Synopsis
ITS JUST ANOTHER October day until Erin Vincents parents are hit by a speeding tow truck. Mom dies instantly. Dad dies one month later after doctors assure Erin that hes going to make it. Erin and her teenaged sister, Tracy, are left to raise their baby brother, Trent—and each other. Their beloved uncles blow what little money they had, family “friends” disappoint, kids at school are jealous, and their grandparents threaten to take Trent away from them.
This is Erins story.
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"Fascinating and soberly eye-opening."—The Bulletin, Recommended
Synopsis
IT’S JUST ANOTHER October day until Erin Vincent’s parents are hit by a speeding tow truck. Mom dies instantly. Dad dies one month later after doctors assure Erin that he’s going to make it. Erin and her teenaged sister, Tracy, are left to raise their baby brother, Trent—and each other. Their beloved uncles blow what little money they had, family “friends” disappoint, kids at school are jealous, and their grandparents threaten to take Trent away from them.
This is Erin’s story.
Synopsis
This is a true story about a 14-year-old girl who in the span of one month unexpectedly loses both parents in a tragic accident. An honest, raw account of a teenager's grief and survival, it's The Year of Magical Thinking for teens.
About the Author
Erin Vincent has worked as a journalist, a fashion designer, a theater actress, a photographer’s assistant, a tailor to the stars, and a bartender, and has served meat pies and mushy peas late at night from a roadside van in Sydney. She now spends her days (and nights) as a writer and a youth counselor. Erin divides her time between her hometown of Sydney, Australia, and Los Angeles. She lives with her artist husband, Adam Knott (aka Adam James K), a one-eyed goldfish named Reginald, and a sweet little cat named Foofee. Sadly, her beloved pet crab Charlie died after sticking around long enough to help her get through the writing of Grief Girl. RIP, Charlie.