My Life and Other Catastrophes

Ever get the feeling your life would qualify for National Disaster Relief? Say hello to Erin Costello.

This is the diary of a year in the life of Erin Costello, ordinary teenage girl and drama queen. Erin is a hilariously unreliable narrator with an over-active imagination. Her parents split up, and she thinks it’s because her father’s had an affair with her teacher. She sees her mother’s new boyfriend talking furtively on his phone, and decides he’s a drug runner. Her little brother spends way too much time on his computer, and she thinks he’s downloading porn. And this is all going on against the backdrop of the school musical, DRACULA … with very funny and unexpected results.