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311 pages, Hardcover
First published March 10, 2020
He knew he was supposed to want to jump if and when any girl asked. What normal cis male wouldn't?
A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD begins with "An upscale new house in a simple old neighborhood." Oak Knoll is a desirable area to live in North Carolina. A mixed race color-blind progressive area....or so we're told.
The storyline has an interesting narration with just a bit of commentary by the neighbors along the way that does not detract, but added to the telling....from my perspective.
It's a Sunday afternoon in May. The new self-made privileged millionaire, wife and two daughters have recently moved in....after their builder cleared the land of all its beautiful mature trees.
The neighbors behind, an educated ecologist widowed mother and mature talented scholarship awarded 18 year old son have just introduced themselves....and all seems well as friendships begin to develop.
And then things in the old neighborhood start to heat up....in more ways than one.
A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD is a powerful, cautionary tale, maddening, sad....and engrossing with so many at fault here. At first I thought I knew what was coming....and then I didn't....and then; well, I recommend you read it. Available: March 10, 2020.
Many thanks to St. Martin's Press via NetGalley for the arc in exchange for review.