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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.
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A Good Neighborhood, Therese Fowler
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2020
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- Titel
- A Good Neighborhood
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Therese Fowler
- Verlag
- Macmillan USA
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2020
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1250270537
- ISBN13
- 9781250270535
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Wissenschaft & Mathematik, Familie, Gegenwartsliteratur, Ökologische Thematik, Ökologie, Rasse, Rassismus, Lügen, Erste Liebe, Verzweiflung, Nachbarn
- Bewertung
- 3,65 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 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.