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 Olivia, a college student whose whole life changes when her father and stepmother die in an accident and left her to take custody of her half-sister, Celia. Olivia's mother, Barbara, moves into Celia's house and helps Olivia raise her. External links 2006 television films 2006 films ABC Family original films American comedy-drama films Films based on American novels Films shot in New Orleans 2006 comedy-drama films Films directed by Steven Robman American drama television films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films