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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of NPR’s Best Books of 2020

“A provocative, absorbing read.” People

A feast of a read… I finished A Good Neighborhood in a single sitting. Yes, its that good. Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light

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. All is well until the Whitmansa family with new money and a secretly troubled teenage daughterraze 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 todaywhat 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.