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