Published: 2019, Penguin Random House Genre: Fiction Themes: American families, mental health, alcoholism, careers My rating (out of 5): ❤❤❤❤ 'You are what you appear to be'. That's a phrase I picked up years ago while attending a management training course and that concept of keeping up appearances sits at the core of this novel. It's a family saga that starts in 1973 with two young rookie cops setting up their first homes right next door to each other. Nobody would have had to tell them that appearances matter back then because that was drummed into everyone right from the day they were born. Mothers would exclaim; 'What would people think!' every time a child made too much noise, had a hole in their sock or made slurping noises when they drank their orange squash. (You can tell I've been there can't you?) This kind of concern for appearances was considered a good thing but it also had it's darker side. Much bigger issues such as ...