Heather Gudenkauf is the Edgar Award nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Weight of Silence, These Things Hidden, Not A Sound, and Before She Was Found.Her new novel is This Is How I Lied.
At CrimeReads, Gudenkauf tagged eight favorite novels about fierce mothers-to-be, including:
The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonaldRead about another entry on the list.
I staggered into the hospital, cracking my elbow hard on the sliding door. Pain seethed toward my fingertips but didn’t slow me down. I needed to find Olivia.
Please, please be okay.
I may have cried more than once while reading this beautifully written novel by Christina McDonald. Abi’s teenage daughter, Olivia,has fallen off a bridge, suffers a catastrophic brain injury and has suspicious bruises on her body. After rushing to Olivia’s hospital bed, Abi also learns that her daughter is pregnant and must remain on life support to save the baby.
Abi is determined to find out what happened that night on the bridge and in doing so uncovers a web of lies and secrets that makes Abi wonder if she knew her daughter at all.
Poignant and perfectly paced, The Night Olivia Fell cracked my heart into a million pieces and then slowly pieced it back together again.
The Page 69 Test: The Night Olivia Fell.
--Marshal Zeringue
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