A good neighborhood
by
Fowler, Therese, author.
Title
:
A good neighborhood
Author
:
Fowler, Therese, author.
Summary
:
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—an apparently traditional family with new money and a secretly troubled teenaged daughter—raze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace. With little in common except a property line, these two very different 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.
Edition
:
First edition.
Physical Description
:
viii, 311 pages ; 25 cm
Genre
:
Domestic fiction.
Subject Term
:
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Neighborhoods -- Fiction.
Women teachers -- Fiction.
Racially mixed families -- Fiction.
Interracial dating -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
North Carolina -- Fiction.
Publisher
:
St. Martin's Press,
Publication Date
:
2020
ISBN
:
9781250237279
9781250270535
Publication Information
:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Call Number
:
FOWLER
Item Barcode | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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33607003471102 | Adult Fiction | FOWLER Therese | Checked In |