Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Length: 320 pages
Audiobook Length: 10 hours and 35 minutes
First Published: 2020
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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.
About Therese Anne Fowler
Therese Anne Fowler is a bestselling author whose works include Z, A Well-Behaved Woman, It All Comes Down to This, and A Good Neighborhood. She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband. Visit the author’s website →
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