From number one Sunday Times bestselling author Jennifer Niven, a novel about 'America?s Favorite Family', whose perfect facade starts to crack. For fans of Lessons in Chemistry and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. * * * For two decades, Del and Dinah Newman and their sons, Guy and Shep, have ruled television as ?America?s Favorite Family?. Millions of viewers tune in every week to watch them play flawless, black-and-white versions of themselves. But it?s 1964 now and the Newmans? perfection suddenly feels woefully out of touch. Ratings are in free-fall, as are the Newmans themselves. Del is keeping an explosive secret from his wife; Dinah is slowly ? and literally ? going numb; steady, stable Guy is hiding the truth about his love life; and rock ?n? roll idol Shep may finally be in real trouble. When Del ? the creative motor behind the show ? gets in a mysterious car accident, Dinah decides to take matters into her own hands. She hires Juliet Dunne, an outspoken young reporter, to help her write the family?s final episode. But Dinah and Juliet have wildly different perspectives about what it means to be a woman in 1964. Can the Newmans hold it together to change television history? Or will they be cancelled before they have the chance? Funny, big-hearted and deeply moving, Meet the Newmans is a rich family story about the dual realities we all lead, even when our lives aren?t televised weekly. Because everyone has a behind-the-scenes .