Just My Luck

Everything might have been different, if Tina had spoken up before her mother left on her ill-fated weekend trip-the one that was to make Antoinette's dreams come true and solve all their problems. Even at thirteen, Tina didn't buy into the miracle. But considering all the unhappiness and trauma in Antoinette's past, Tina didn't have the heart to speak up and burst her mother's bubble. Besides, neither of them could have anticipated that-instead of getting her happily ever after-Antoinette would vanish.

Left alone in one of Richmond's roughest neighborhoods, if not for sympathetic strangers coming to her rescue, Tina might not have survived adolescence. By eighteen, she had experienced things she wished she could forget-things that left her with nightmares. And that was only the beginning . . .

"Just My Luck" is a unique urban coming of age story set in Richmond, Virginia. It is a gritty tale of adversity, resilience, love, murder, and hope. Not necessarily in that order.