num_pages: 304
description: From the author of A Place at the Table and A Soft Place to Land an intense complex and wholly immersive (Joshilyn Jackson New York Times bestselling author) multigenerational novel that explores the complex relationship between two very different women and the secrets they bequeath to their daughters.Eve Whalen privileged child of an old-money Atlanta family meets Daniella Gold 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 girls expanding awareness of the Souths systematic injustice forces them to question everything they thought they knew about the world and their places in it. Eve veers toward radicalisma 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 isnt so easily buried as Daniella and Eve discover when their daughters are endangered by secrets meant to stay hidden. Spanning more than thirty years of American history from the twilight of Kennedys Camelot to the beginning of Bill Clintons presidency We Are All Good People Here is a captivatingmeaningful resonant story (Emily Giffin author of All We Ever Wanted) about two flawed but well-meaning women clinging to a lifelong friendship that is tested by the rushing waters of history and their own good intentions.
language: English
title: We Are All Good People Here
publisher: Atria Books