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Julia comes from a trailer park upbringing and now married to Brad she can have anything she wants-as far as material possessions.I don’t care if Brad Whitman likes me, I care about what’s right.” Let’s discuss this more in-depth. Valerie says to Xavier: “I’ve had a lot of practice coexisting with people who’ve got nothing but disdain for who I am and what I’ve done with my life, the choices I’ve made, the issues I supported.Let’s talk about how everything changed after that lawsuit. Valerie sues Brad, their builder and the city for the destruction of the tree that is so significant to her.Do you think it will simply teenager crushes or do you think they truly fell in love?

Xavier and Juniper are drawn to each other-let’s talk about their connection.

What were your initial impressions of these characters? Did that change at all as the book went on?

Xavier, Valerie, Juniper, Brad and Julia all meet each other early on in the novel.

What did you think about this writing style and how it gave hints of what was to come?

The story is written in a Greek Tragedy style-we’re told there’s a funeral so we know something awful will happen to a character.

Book Club Questions for A Good Neighborhood 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.Ī 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. 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.