In Kristin Contino’s contemporary novel, A House full of Windsor, divorced mother Debbie has such an obsession of the British Royal Family to the point that her hoarding of Royal knickknacks leads her grown children to go to desperate measures. Their form of intervention: convincing her to partake in a reality television show that helps hoarders confront the underlying issues of their mania. By juxtaposing Debbie’s voice with that of her eldest daughter Sarah, Contino reveals the underlying sorrow about a young, hasty marriage and its overriding affects on Sarah and her siblings.
Through a heartfelt and humorous plot, all the players find a way to heal, move forward, and in the case of the novel’s two heroines, find the love that has eluded them.
Kristin and I discuss how she came up with the book’s plot, her own love of all things British, and how she found the inspiration to revisit this story after having set it aside.
Daniel Pyne - WATER MEMORY
Jason Pinter - A STRANGER AT THE DOOR
Lee Goldberg - BONE CANYON
Julie Valerie - THE PECULIAR FATE OF HOLLY BANKS
Robert Dugoni - THE LAST AGENT
Samantha M. Bailey - WOMAN ON THE EDGE
Robert Dugoni - A COLD TRAIL
Liz Fenton, Lisa Steinke - THE TWO LILA BENNETTS
Debra Webb - THE SECRETS WE BURY
Deborah Coonts - LUCKY CE SOIR
James Rollins - CRUCIBLE
David Baldacci - LONG ROAD TO MERCY
Lee Child - PAST TENSE
Kristan Higgins - GOOD LUCK WITH THAT
Hank Phillippi Ryan - TRUST ME
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