A Good Neighborhood - Fowler, Therese Anne
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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, whos 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?an apparently traditional family with new money and a secretly troubled teenaged daughterraze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace.Thanks to his thriving business, Brad Whitman is a local celebrity, and he's made a small fortune on his customer…mehr

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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, whos 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?an apparently traditional family with new money and a secretly troubled teenaged daughterraze the house and trees next door to build themselves a showplace.Thanks to his thriving business, Brad Whitman is a local celebrity, and he's made a small fortune on his customer service and charm, while his wife, Julia, escaped her trailer park upbringing and too-early motherhood for the security of marriage and homemaking. Their new house is more than shed ever dreamed of for herself and her girls.But 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 thats as provocative as it is powerful.
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Therese Anne Fowler