Pool House: Keeping Up Appearances

Pool House is such a fascinating read about the lengths some people will go to to maintain an image. By its very nature, living in the pool house affects Moon and Stevie’s perceptions of themselves. When Adam joins them and they pretend to still be in the big house, what purpose is the lie serving? How does this play into the fake family/real family dynamic? What do you think about these characters and the way they are intertwined?What’s the wildest thing a parent, yourself, or someone you know has done to keep up appearances? Were they able to maintain that image and if not, what brought it crashing down?