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A Good Neighborhood Spiral-Bound | 2021-03-02

Therese Anne Fowler

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For fans of Celeste Ng and Jodi Picoult, a stunning page-turner about two very different families living side by side in an idyllic neighborhood--and the summer that changes their lives forever.

What happens when you try to do the right thing but it all goes wrong?

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. After years of single parenting, Valerie, a widow, faces the prospect of an empty nest. All is well until the Whitmans--a 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.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1250237297
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
"A provocative, absorbing read." --People

"Thought-provoking and fast-paced" --Good Morning America

"Fowler's novel culminates with injustices that are painfully easy to imagine because they continue to be a part of our contemporary lived experience." --The Washington Post

"A readable saga nodding toward a bevy of social issues" --Entertainment Weekly

"A timely story about what happens when we fail to consider how our actions affect others and the tragedy that can befall us if we can't coexist with those whose values are different from our own." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"One of the most precise and timely novels of the year...boiling toward an inevitable and wrenching conclusion."--Newsweek

"For fans of slow-burn mysteries that explore the tenuous, fragile nature of neighborhoods -- think Big Little Lies or Little Fires Everywhere -- this book is what you've been waiting for this year." --BookBub

"Riveting...Fowler empathetically conjures nuanced characters we won't soon forget, expertly weaves together their stories, and imbues the plot with a sense of inevitability and urgency. In the end, she offers an opportunity for catharsis as well as a heartfelt, hopeful call to action.Traversing topics of love, race, and class, this emotionally complex novel speaks to--and may reverberate beyond--our troubled times." --Kirkus, on A Good Neighborhood (starred review)

"Searing...Fowler skillfully renders her characters and their experiences into an unforgettable, heartbreaking story." --Library Journal (starred review)

"Fowler's fascinating plot is skillfully executed, delving into each character's complexities fully enough that their choices make perfect sense. This page-turner delivers a thoughtful exploration of prejudice, preconceived notions, and what it means to be innocent." --Publisher's Weekly

"A rippling story for fans of suspenseful domestic dramas" --Booklist

"A feast of a read: compelling, heartbreaking, and inevitable. I finished A Good Neighborhood in a single sitting. Yes, it's that good." --Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light

"Relentlessly paced, stylishly written, and perfectly timed, Fowler's latest is a sharp, moving portrait of an American neighborhood on the brink of change. You'll be thinking about A Good Neighborhood long after you've left it." --Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train

THERESE ANNE FOWLER is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and A Well-Behaved Woman. Raised in the Midwest, she moved to North Carolina in 1995. She holds a BA in sociology/cultural anthropology and an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University.