She went into labour surrounded by family.
She took her last breath in silence.
No one called for help.
Thirteen-year-old Lisa should have been in school. Instead, she was in the backroom of her family's house, giving birth on an old mattress with no doctor, no ambulance, and no justice.
Her pregnancy was a secret. So was the truth about how it happened.
And when she died, her family buried both quickly, and without questions.
But secrets don't stay buried forever.
In this gripping narrative nonfiction account, Girls Like Lisa follows the aftermath of Lisa's death: a grieving cousin who begins to speak out, a midwife caught between silence and duty, and a community forced to confront the truth they tried to hide.
Autorentext
Olivia is a storyteller with a deep passion for truth, justice, and the quiet voices often ignored by society. Her writing explores themes of silence, family, trauma, and survival - especially from the perspective of girls and women navigating injustice in familiar places.
Her debut work, Girls Like Lisa, was written to shine a light on the realities many victims face when the people meant to protect them choose to protect their image instead.
Olivia believes in the power of storytelling to open eyes, start difficult conversations, and heal generations. She writes not to shock - but to reveal what should never be hidden.
When she's not writing, Olivia is researching, listening, and using her voice to stand in the gap for those who were never heard.