
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
OVERVIEW
In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son, Xavier, who’s headed to college in the fall. All is well until the Whitmans—a family with new money and a secretly troubled teenage daughter—raze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace.
With little in common except a property line, these two families quickly find themselves at odds: first, over an historic oak tree in Valerie's yard, and soon after, the blossoming romance between their two teenagers.
A Good Neighborhood asks big questions about life in America today—what does it mean to be a good neighbor? How do we live alongside each other when we don't see eye to eye?—as it explores the effects of class, race, and heartrending love in a story that’s as provocative as it is powerful.
PRODUCT INFO
- Publisher : St. Martin's Press (March 10, 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250237270
- ISBN-13 : 9781250272782
- Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches