We Are the Stars

A Memoir

by Gina Chick

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Pub Date Jun 02 2026 | Archive Date Jun 02 2026

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Biographies & Memoirs | Self-Help

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Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read.

WINNER OF THE MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 INDIE BOOK AWARDS, BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR

From day one of her wildly unconventional childhood, Gina blazed her own trail, which led her to dance through a hidden world of ’90s nightlife and into the arms of a conman. She fled to the wilderness to find healing, began a wondrous love affair with the deepest lessons life (and death) can offer, and found that all the answers are written in the wisdom of the body and the whirling silence of stars.

If you’re ready to get lost in jungles, wander into wolf-dens, sing with storms, rescue orphaned animals, dive to the depths, dance till your knees give out, find yourself by losing it all, and most of all, be real––this book is for you.

We Are the Stars is a magic carpet ride through the exquisite mystery of the human heart. You’ve never read anything like it.

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EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9781524899905
PRICE	$29.99 (USD)
PAGES	432

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Morgan W, Reviewer

I went into We Are the Stars not really knowing who Gina Chick was at all, and honestly? I think that made the reading experience even more special. This memoir doesn’t rely on fame or prior knowledge to carry it—it stands entirely on its own as a deeply human story about grief, love, and learning how to exist after loss.

At its core, this book is about the death of Gina’s mother and the way grief reshapes everything. But it’s also about slowing down, listening—to your body, to the land, to your intuition—and finding meaning outside of the structures we’re usually told will save us. Her connection to nature and community feels lived-in and real, never aspirational or preachy.