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Title:
A good neighborhood
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
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Publisher:
St. Martin's Press,
Publication Date:
2020
ISBN:
9781250237279

9781250270535
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Call Number:
FOWLER
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