When I met him over twenty years ago and I walked into that house, I thought, I would love to see The Ghost & Mrs. He and his very eccentric builder friend spent six years building that house. My husband, who is not an architect - he's in the financial world, but he has this great passion for beautiful buildings and history and things like that. Zibby: I actually flipped to the front and I was like, this is a novel, right? Then I realized it was a fictious house, or is it one of the houses next door? Then you reference the Ocean House in the book.ĭeborah: It's actually our house. When you talk about place and book, it's one of my favorite things in fiction, if I recognize places, so I tend to prefer real places inserted in fiction. Congratulations on both of your books.ĭeborah: Thank you. I've never read a book where I'm actually in the exact spot where it takes place. Ford which was about Rhode Island and Watch Hill and the Ocean House as I was in the Ocean House, which was the coolest thing. It was really great and beautifully written. I didn't know what was going to happen next. Zibby: I just finished Ruby Falls, which is so good.
Thank you so much for coming on "Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books." It's so exciting to have you on.ĭeborah Goodrich Royce: Thank you. The two discuss Deborah's career -from soap opera star to script story editor, and finally to novelist- and where she found inspiration for her latest book. Zibby is joined by Deborah Goodrich Royce, owner of the Ocean House Hotel (the site of the Moms Don't Have Time to Travel Retreat!!) and author of the new novel, Ruby Falls.
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