Wishing for a Fig in Winter

A behind-the-scenes look at the neglected children of Hollywood and European royalty who struggle to overcome intergenerational trauma when they are forced to choose between romantic love and familial duty.  

When Margot’s movie star mum drops her off at British boarding school in 1965 and never returns from Hollywood for school breaks, she is taken in by her roommate’s family—the Dutch Royals. Soon, Margot finds more than a second family in The Hague.  

The Stoic spare heir, Thatcher, reciprocates Margot's amorous feelings but won’t succumb because he’s promised his family to act as her protector. All that changes when Margot’s mum mysteriously disappears after an American politician’s assassination in 1968. Thatcher comforts Margot and they finally confess their love, yet on the precipice of achieving their happily ever after, tragedy intervenes and separates them. 

Alex is still reeling from his father’s assassination when he accompanies his family on a political trip across the pond in 1969, but after meeting Margot in Paris, he begins to think life could be worth living again. Little does he know about the mysterious connection between their parents, and the Dutch prince plotting to win Margot back.  

Told in multi-POV, this covert philosophical allegory blends the political dynasty roman-a-clef of AMERICAN WIFE with the peek at scandals lurking behind palace walls on THE CROWN television series and explores sexuality that defies convenient categorization, plus a sprinkle of old Hollywood, as in THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO.