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In her thoughtful, compassionate latest, Keane (Fever) traces two families' shared history over the grade of four decades. When Brian Stanhope and Francis Gleeson meet in 1973, they forge the kind of quick, close-knit friendship that can arise from shared trials—in their example, the pressures of being rookie cops in a tough Bronx precinct. When both young men marry and plan to have children, they purchase neighboring homes in the fictional suburb of Gillam, hoping the 20-mile commute to the metropolis will provide a sufficient buffer between the grind of police work and the pleasures of family life. All is not well in suburbia, however—although Francis'southward youngest girl, Kate, and Brian'due south merely son, Peter, get fast friends, tensions between the two families eventually flare into violence fueled by alcoholism and untreated mental illness. Years later, Kate and Peter grasp a chance for a hesitant new outset, despite their fears almost recapitulating the past. The ii families' stories offering a visceral portrait of evolving attitudes toward mental health and addiction over the by 40 years. More than more often than not, Keane's novel, which unfolds through overlapping narratives, illustrates the mutability of retention and the softening effects of time. "We repeat what we don't repair," Keane writes, and Kate and Peter'due south story poignantly demonstrates how grace can emerge from forgiveness, no matter how difficult-won. (June)

Reviewed on : 03/29/2019
Release date: 05/28/2019
Genre: Fiction

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