Hello Sister, Goodbye Life

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Hello Sister, Goodbye Life
Written by Claire Scovell LaZebnik (Novel)
Alan Marc Levy
Nell Scovell
Directed by Steven Robman
Starring Lacey Chabert
Sammi Hanratty
Adam Kaufman
Wendie Malick
Theme music composer Jennie Muskett
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersIddo Lampton Enochs, Jr.
Karen S. Spiegel
EditorDrake Silliman
Release
Original network ABC Family
Original release2006 (2006)

Hello Sister, Goodbye Life is a 2006 ABC Family original comedy-drama television film based on novelist Claire Scovell LaZebnik's book, Same as It Never Was . Starring Lacey Chabert as Olivia, Wendie Malick as Barbara, Adam Kaufman as Joe, Sammi Hanratty as Celia, David Ramsey as Dennis, Keith Flippen as Mr. Calhoon, Mitch Laurance as Richard, Erin Fisk as Alicia, Amanda Baker as Betsy, Yvette Sirker as Rosivel, and Hunter Whitlow as Yale.

Plot

College student Olivia’s entire life changes when her father and stepmother die in an accident and leave her to take custody of her half-sister, Celia. Olivia's mother, Barbara, moves into Celia's house and helps Olivia raise her.


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