A good neighborhood. [online electronic audiobook]
A good neighborhood. [online electronic audiobook]
By
:
Fowler, Therese.
Publication Date
:
2020
Subject Term
:
Neighbors -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Electronic books.
Audiobooks -- Unabridged.
Geographic Term
:
North Carolina -- Fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Turenne, Ella, 1974- ,
Performer
:
Read by Ella Turenne.
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--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.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781250260093
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