A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler
This provocative, powerful novel explores class, race and star-crossed love in modern, small-town America - in the vein of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere.
'Therese Anne Fowler has taken the ingredients of racism, justice, and conservative religion and has concocted a feast of a read: compelling, heart-breaking, and inevitableI finished A Good Neighbourhood in a single sitting. Yes, it's that good.' * Jodi Picoult *
A Good Neighbourhood is my favourite kind of novel - compelling, complicated, timely, and smart. With great humanity, Therese Anne Fowler imparts a full-hearted, unflinching indictment of a broken system and in so doing tells a story hard to put down and hard to forget. * Laurie Frankel, author of This is How It Always Is *
'Compelling and captivating, A Good Neighbourhood left me speechless yet wanting to discuss. This is a story that will stick with you for a long time.' * Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted *
A thought provoking and gripping novel - the kind that will have you savouring every page * CultureFly *
A gripping modern morality tale... Familiar elements - two families, two young lovers, a legal dispute - frame a story that feels both classic and inevitable. But Fowler makes the book her own with smart dialogue, compelling characters and a communal "we" narrator that implicates us all in the wrenching conclusion. * Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics *
Traversing topics of love, race, and class, this emotionally complex novel speaks to-and may reverberate beyond-our troubled times * Kirkus, starred review *
A rippling story for fans of suspenseful domestic dramas * Booklist *
'This page-turner delivers a thoughtful exploration of prejudice, preconceived notions, and what it means to be innocent' * Publishers Weekly *
An unforgettable, heart-breaking story * Library Journal, starred review *
Prepare for tears and make sure a friend reads it too - you're going to want to talk about this book as soon as you finish it * Good Morning America *
Fowler's writing is beautiful, compelling and heartbreaking * Glasgow Herald *
It's the kind of book you tell your friends to read immediately, just so you have someone to talk to about it * i paper *
There's no doubting this novel's power * Daily Mail *
Check out this contemporary fiction novel if you've ever found yourself wondering what it means to be a good neighbour in modern America * Huffington Post *
Fowler's novel culminates with injustices that are painfully easy to imagine because they continue to be a part of our contemporary lived experience * The Washington Post *
One of the most precise and timely novels of the year * Newsweek *
A provocative, absorbing read * People *
Fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere need to read Therese Anne Fowler's A Good Neighbourhood * PopSugar *
A Good Neighbourhood is my favourite kind of novel - compelling, complicated, timely, and smart. With great humanity, Therese Anne Fowler imparts a full-hearted, unflinching indictment of a broken system and in so doing tells a story hard to put down and hard to forget. * Laurie Frankel, author of This is How It Always Is *
'Compelling and captivating, A Good Neighbourhood left me speechless yet wanting to discuss. This is a story that will stick with you for a long time.' * Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted *
A thought provoking and gripping novel - the kind that will have you savouring every page * CultureFly *
A gripping modern morality tale... Familiar elements - two families, two young lovers, a legal dispute - frame a story that feels both classic and inevitable. But Fowler makes the book her own with smart dialogue, compelling characters and a communal "we" narrator that implicates us all in the wrenching conclusion. * Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics *
Traversing topics of love, race, and class, this emotionally complex novel speaks to-and may reverberate beyond-our troubled times * Kirkus, starred review *
A rippling story for fans of suspenseful domestic dramas * Booklist *
'This page-turner delivers a thoughtful exploration of prejudice, preconceived notions, and what it means to be innocent' * Publishers Weekly *
An unforgettable, heart-breaking story * Library Journal, starred review *
Prepare for tears and make sure a friend reads it too - you're going to want to talk about this book as soon as you finish it * Good Morning America *
Fowler's writing is beautiful, compelling and heartbreaking * Glasgow Herald *
It's the kind of book you tell your friends to read immediately, just so you have someone to talk to about it * i paper *
There's no doubting this novel's power * Daily Mail *
Check out this contemporary fiction novel if you've ever found yourself wondering what it means to be a good neighbour in modern America * Huffington Post *
Fowler's novel culminates with injustices that are painfully easy to imagine because they continue to be a part of our contemporary lived experience * The Washington Post *
One of the most precise and timely novels of the year * Newsweek *
A provocative, absorbing read * People *
Fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere need to read Therese Anne Fowler's A Good Neighbourhood * PopSugar *
THERESE ANNE FOWLER is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, A Well-Behaved Woman and A Good Neighbourhood. Raised in the Midwest, she moved to North Carolina in 1995. She holds a BA in sociology/cultural anthropology and an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781472269362 |
| ISBN 10 | 1472269365 |
| Title | A Good Neighbourhood |
| Author | Therese Anne Fowler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2021-03-02 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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