Grief Girl
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Have I killed them with my thoughts? Am I evil? Was it a premonition? A wish? Can thinking something make it happen?
Fourteen-year-old Erin Vincent was living a happy, carefree life on a cul-de-sac in the southern Sydney suburb of Beverly Hills (a far cry from the 90210 version) when tragedy struck. One day her parents went on a day trip to visit Erin's grandmother's grave and never came back.
Erin, her seventeen-year-old sister, and her three-year-old brother were now on their own.
In this darkly humorous tale of woe, treachery, larceny and family relationships, Erin tells the story of her parents death and the bizarre and sometimes harrowing events that followed. But Erin knew she had to somehow emerge from under the weight of this tragic loss...
Focusing not on what happens to you, but what you do with it, Erin Vincent gives us clear insight into the fog of grief and the trials of her teenage years with humour, hope and, eventually, triumph.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Writing in an unadorned, journalistic style, Australian writer Vincent recounts the three painful years of her adolescence following the death of both of her parents in an accident. Sandwiched between her older sister Tracy, who is named guardian of the other children, and her much younger brother, Trent, whose memory of his mother and father gradually fades, Erin quietly mourns her loss. At the same time, she struggles with a slew of new, very adult problems: trying to make ends meet and dealing with the resentful attitude of her sister, who is overwhelmed by responsibilities. As the days, months and years go by, Erin's grief surfaces in different ways. She goes through a religious phase (attending church regularly) but eventually gives up on God. At one point, she begins wearing her father's old shirt and a pair of baggy pants to school in place of the traditional uniform. After reading The Bell Jar, she identifies with Sylvia Plath and wonders if she might be better off in an asylum. Her intimate, honest narrative captures both Erin's strength and vulnerability. Rather than trying to answer questions about how to deal with loss, the author expresses the nature of grief, stressing that quick fixes simply do not exist, and there is no predictable sequence to the grieving process. Ages 14-up.
