139pp., paperback, Penguin, Cape Town, 2026
ISBN: 9781776392681
In 2022, when she was twenty-nine-years-old, Dominique Olivier’s husband and toddler daughter were killed in a car accident, leaving her widowed with a newborn baby.
In this memoir, she traces what it means to keep living after unthinkable loss and explores what the lessons she has learnt might mean for others.
Dominique Olivier was born and raised in Cape Town, where she currently lives. She has built her career as a writer in the marketing space and as a columnist for Ghost Mail and the Daily Maverick.