"Olivia
Twist" is a story of a young
girl abandoned by both birth parents, left to be raised in the
loving care of her paternal grandmother. Their relationship is
a glorious one: happy, loving, kind, and caring until her "Mom" dies
the day before the child's 11th birthday.
She is then forced to move in with her biological father and
his already established "second
family." Trials and tribulations abound and, three years later, the young
girl decides to emancipate herself from her ugly homelife.
It's a story about the system - what it does
and doesn't do for our children - it's a Cinderella story that a Disney film
will never show you. It's also about a child who learns to empower
herself because she knows that there IS a better
life out there, and, it's a heartbreaker and an eye-opener to watch
her continuing and tenacious search to find it.