Victoria's Voice

Our Daughter's Dying Wish to Share Her Diary and Save Lives from Drugs

By: David Siegel, Jackie Siegel

Narrated by: Brittany Goodwin

Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

On June 6, 2015, David and Jackie Siegel received the call that no parent should ever get. Their beautiful, vibrant, 18-year-old daughter Victoria had died of a drug overdose. The Siegels vowed to do whatever it takes to prevent this from happening to other parents.

Right after Victoria passed away, Jackie received a text from one of Victoria's friends directing her to look in her bedroom nightstand for a secret diary she had kept - and suggesting they publish it. The Siegels decided to honor Victoria's wish.

Victoria's Voice is a gripping peek inside the mind of sometimes happy, healthy teen and other times a teen dramatically influenced by drugs and alcohol. This is Victoria's Voice - from beyond the grave. It could save your child's life.

©2019 David and Jackie Siegel (P)2019 David and Jackie Siegel

if you have a teenager, read this

the pain Jackie is in is palpable. imagine reading this after your child's death. it's not just her young daughter's diary, it is a manual to teenage drug use.

very sad and educational

I cannot believe the heart break your family has encountered, Victoria's voice will help others. it made me realize how screwed up our kids generations are getting to date.

Really disappointing.

The mother starts off bashing the medical cannabis community. States it is not a medicine. Being in the cannabis industry myself I see how many people it helps every single day. The fact that this woman could just disregard that is shameful. Her daughter did not die from cannabis. Cannabis is not a gateway drug. This is an ancient way of thinking and I immediately stopped the book there. I really enjoyed this family’s show and was looking forward to this. Save your time and money folks.

I don't know how to start....

The introduction but Mr Siegel bashes the medical marijuana industry. states that marijuana is a gateway drug and basically the reason for all drug addicts. Then the actual book goes on to talk about how the child who was put on Xanax at an early age and numerous other sleeping drugs prescribed by family doctor. Such a dated way of thinking. The mother is delusional in every aspect it would take way too long to elaborate. Victoria was denied the right to know who her father was even as an adult. Big problem and probably caused a serious hole to fill. Even if you know your absent fathers identity that hole is vast imagine a mother that refuses to give a name. It's's ludicrous. The closed archaic way of thinking it's unfortunate the family has the platform to really make a difference with the opiate epidemic.
The book is basically song lyrics I'm not sure if the mother and father even realize that 90% of this book is song lyrics. At one point they reference song lyrics and state that this is song lyrics or the daughter wrote song lyrics. The parents probably don't realize they are song lyrics...
she says several times at the father didn't want her to get a job and wanted to focus on school...getting a job playing a sport these are things that could possibly kept this girl away from these "friends" and in a positive environment. It doesn't work every time but it works a lot of the time. I was going to ask for a refund as soon as I heard the father's introduction. I felt like wow they're just going to blame the marijuana industry I don't even smoke marijuana but I know that it's done a lot of good and kept a lot of people off of prescription drugs with a capital D. So meany families like this need to blame someone. When they need to to blame themselves. Saying that if it wasn't for marijuana my daughter would be alive when your daughter's problems started with a doctor not a dealer. well.. same thing really. the book ends with all the statistics that make no sense again it's just an archaic way to look at drug addiction and raising a teenager honestly I feel this book should be revisited and rewritten with a little bit more perspective it could be that the family is just incredibly out of touch because of how wealthy they are and that's not a dig at wealthy people that's just a reality

Not what I expected more for a teen

poor quality...more for a teenage audience or a REALLY STUPID parent who is completely clueless