
But then, Abby is awakened one night by a call from the local police, a call that alerts her to the fact that Olivia has been keeping some devastating secrets, secrets that have apparently caused her to throw herself off a bridge. Olivia is intelligent, well-mannered, and ambitious, the kind of girl who doesn’t break the rules and rarely gives her mother reason to worry. Abby’s a single mom who has done everything in her power to give seventeen-year-old Olivia a stable and happy life, and she’s pretty sure she’s succeeded. For the most part, I agree with the comparison, but The Night Olivia Fell contains a few flaws not present in the other book.Ībby and Olivia are as close as any mother and daughter can hope to be. The blurb compares it to Kimberly McCreight’s Reconstructing Amelia, a book I read and loved back in 2013. The Night Olivia Fell is a twisty, fast-paced thriller that asks how well we really know those closest to us.
