Keepsake

My Review : 📚📙📘📗📚 This is my first time reading this author and I was not disappointed . I love her writing style. When I started this book I thought Wow, this is totally different than what I thought it would be from the cover and the title. But first off let me start off by saying wow this is such a great story, I was pulled in from the very first page. Keepsake by Kristina Riggle is a story of family,hope, secrets,dysfunctional family, love ,Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, pain , trauma, ocd , Child Protective Services ,and strained family relationships. This is a family story with secrets, jealously, and fear . Kristina takes you into the mind and world of a hoarder's life . you see first hand what drives some to become a hoarder and the devastating consequences it has on those around them. The chapters alternate points of view between two sisters who was raised by a hoarder , each so broken in her own way. Trish who is a hoarder with a fear of someone finding out, and deciding that she is not a good enough mother, not worthy to be loved. And Mary who is obsessively clean with her own fears . Even though they are no longer close they soon start working together to clean Trish's home before Child services takes away her son . But can they get past their own deamons, and put aside their differences to get the house clean before dss takes action ? Or will Trish's dad or x husband take Jack first ? The characters in this novel are so real. They could be me , you , family , or a friend. You never know what goes on behind closed doors. I really enjoyed this book and could feel both sisters pain. It was a nice change to read something a little different . I am looking so forward to reading more by this author.