We Are All Good People Here: A Novel

We Are All Good People Here: A Novel

From the author of A Place at the Table and A Soft Place to Land, a gripping, multigenerational story inspired by true events that follows two best friends through their political awakenings in the turbulent 1960sâ€”and the repercussions of their actions after their daughters encounter the secrets they thought they had buried long ago.

Eve Whalen, privileged child of an old-money Atlanta family, meets Daniella Strum in the fall of 1962, on their first day at Belmont College. Paired as roommates, the two become fast friends. Daniella, raised in Georgetown by a Jewish father and a Methodist mother, has always felt caught between two worlds. But at Belmont, her bond with Eve allows her to finally experience a sense of belonging. That is, until the girlsâ€™ expanding awareness of the Southâ€™s caste system forces them to question everything they thought they knew about the world and their places in it.

Eve veers toward radicalismâ€”a choice pragmatic Daniella cannot fathom. After a tragedy, Eve returns to Daniella for help in beginning anew, hoping to shed her past. But the past isnâ€™t so easily buried, as Daniella and Eve discover when their daughters are caught up in secrets meant to stay hidden.

Spanning thirty years of American history, from the twilight of Kennedyâ€™s Camelot to the days leading up to Bill Clintonâ€™s election, We Are All Good People Here perfectly resonates with todayâ€™s fraught American political zeitgeist and asks us: why do good intentions too often lead to tragic outcomes? Can we separate our political choices and our personal morals? And is it possible to truly bury our former selves and escape our own history?
Country USA
Brand Atria Books
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 54386487
ReleaseDate 2019-08-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451608915

Country	USA
Brand	Atria Books
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	54386487
ReleaseDate	2019-08-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451608915