Dear VincentPowerful YA novel by an award winning writer about a teenager coming to terms with the suicide of her sister. Powerful YA novel by an award winning writer about a teenager coming to terms with the suicide of her sister. Dear Vincent is also a novel about the power of love, and how the acquisition of inner peace requires forgiveness of ourselves and others. 17 year old Tara McClusky's life is hard. She shares the care of her paralysed father with her