**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, it’s 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, 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. Therese Anne Fowler’s *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.