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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 is headed to college in the fall, and after years of single parenting, Valerie is facing the prospect of an empty nest. All is well until the Whitmans move in next door - an apparently traditional family with new money, ambition, and a secretly troubled teenaged daughter. Thanks to his thriving local business, Brad Whitman is something of a celebrity around town, and he's made a small fortune on his customer service and charm, while his wife, Julia, escaped her trailer park upbringing for the security of marriage and homemaking. Their new house is more than she ever imagined for herself, and who wouldn't want to live there? But beneath the surface, dangerous tensions are building between the two families, fueled by race, class, and the collision of wildly different values. When Xavier and the Whitmans' daughter Juniper fall for each other, the consequences will shatter the peace of Oak Knoll forever. Narrated by an unforgettable Greek chorus of neighbors, A Good Neighborhood is a timely and heartbreaking story about the fault lines that run beneath even the most idyllic communities.