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Eileen Goudge - THE HOUSE ON MOUNTAIN LAUREL LANE

Eileen Goudge - THE HOUSE ON MOUNTAIN LAUREL LANE

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In Eileen Goudge's latest novel — The House on Mountain Laurel Lane, a widow and mom of two struggles to let go of the past and embrace the future in a powerful novel about friendship, love, and taking risks.

Ever since her husband Sean's death, Jo Myers just can't move on. Until she receives a video Sean made during his final days, urging her to find happiness after he's gone. Jolted from her rut, she embarks on a journey forward.

Her first step is buying a house she and her daughters can call home. Framed by the snowcapped peaks of the Sierra Nevada, it's the very house she and Sean dreamed of owning together one day. It comes with a kindly and elderly resident lodger and an opportunity to make new memories. Jo even dips her toes into the dating pool. With the support of her friends, who call themselves the Tattooed Ladies, she is determined to honor her husband's last wish. Even as reality comes crashing down again.

Eileen and I discuss how the plot for this novel came to her. And how, to some extent, it parallels her own life. We also discuss why her numerous novels—at times funny, at other times, heartbreaking—resonate with her readers worldwide.

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(c) 2026 Josie Brown

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