That writing style is equal parts familiar but also unique. It’s a modern day Greek Tragedy and it’s told through the Greek chorus, or in this case it seems to be neighbors of the main characters. So I loved the writing style-the author Therese Anne Fowler tells it in such an interesting way. 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. 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. 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. A Good Neighborhood definitely falls in line with those stories. The domestic stories tend to be good ones for discussions like Little Fires Everywhere and All We Ever Wanted. Do you read books for pure escapism? Or do you want to learn something and have it be thought-provoking? I like both type of stories-ones that take you to another place but I also really enjoy the more grounded reads that cover real topics people deal with every day.Ī Good Neighborhood is one I’ve been looking forward to it and knew it would be a fit for book clubs.
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