The Night Olivia Fell

by Christina McDonald

Book Overview

In the vein of Big Little Lies and Reconstructing Amelia comes an emotionally charged domestic suspense novel about a mother unraveling the truth behind how her daughter became brain dead. And pregnant.

A search for the truth. A lifetime of lies.

In the small hours of the morning, Abi Knight is startled awake by the phone call no mother ever wants to get: her teenage daughter Olivia has fallen off a bridge. Not only is Olivia brain dead, she's pregnant and must remain on life support to keep her baby alive. And then Abi sees the angry bruises circling Olivia's wrists.

When the police unexpectedly rule Olivia's fall an accident, Abi decides to find out what really happened that night. Heartbroken and grieving, she unravels the threads of her daughter's life. Was Olivia's fall an accident? Or something far more sinister?

Christina McDonald weaves a suspenseful and heartwrenching tale of hidden relationships, devastating lies, and the power of a mother's love. With flashbacks of Olivia's own resolve to uncover family secrets, this taut and emotional novel asks: how well do you know your children? And how well do they know you?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501184008
• ISBN13: 9781501184000
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Love a good mystery or thriller!! This had it all for me!!!

This story caught me right off the bat!! First book I have read from her, I ordered her other 2 books!! I am a slow reader, read in one day could not put it down!!!

Captivating, tangled love story

As always Christina McDonald didn’t disappoint. This book was full of so much emotion, adventure, real life scenarios that everyday people go through. The story is about a woman who has an affair with a man of status, she becomes pregnant things end badly. The woman Abby ends up raising the baby girl Olivia on her own. Throughout the book as Olivia grows up she starts asking questions about her missing father like any child would do. Abby continues to be mysterious about Olivias father, so Olivia goes about finding her father herself. The book has many twists and turns while Olivia completes the mission of finding out who her father really is and why he wasn’t around. This book contains lots of twists, turns and everyday lessons for teenagers, shows the struggles of being a single teenage parent. It shows how sometimes the person we love isn’t the person we really think they are. Sometimes the person we love is the person we shouldn’t be with or others don’t think we should be with. But at the end of the day Olivia followed her heart and ended up with the one she was meant to be with. This book pulled at my heart strings and the ending was devastating to me but then bitter sweet knowing that a piece of Olivia will always be alive through her daughter. I highly recommend any and all of Christina McDonalds books. I can’t wait to see what she comes out with next!!!

Fantastic!

Definitely a must read. It draws you in and leaves you wanting more.