Perfectly nice neighbors /
Abdullah, Kia, 1982-
Perfectly nice neighbors / Perfectly nice neighbors : You choose your house... not who lives next door. Kia Abdullah. - 340 pages ; 21 cm.
"First published in Great Britain in 2023 as Those people next door"--Title page verso.
"Salma Khatun is hopeful about Blenheim, the suburban development into which she, her husband, and their son have just moved. The Bangladeshi family needs a fresh start, and Blenheim feels like just the place. Soon after they move in, Salma spots her white neighbor, Tom Hutton, ripping out the anti-racist banner her son put in the front garden. Avoiding confrontation, Salma takes the banner inside and puts it in her window. But the next morning, she wakes up to find her window smeared with paint. When she does speak to Tom, battle lines are drawn between the two families. As racial and social tensions escalate and the stakes rise, it's clear that a reckoning is coming ... And someone is going to get hurt" --
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Bangladeshis--Fiction.
Neighbors--Fiction.
Suburban life--Fiction.
City and town life--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Social problem fiction.
Novels.
Perfectly nice neighbors / Perfectly nice neighbors : You choose your house... not who lives next door. Kia Abdullah. - 340 pages ; 21 cm.
"First published in Great Britain in 2023 as Those people next door"--Title page verso.
"Salma Khatun is hopeful about Blenheim, the suburban development into which she, her husband, and their son have just moved. The Bangladeshi family needs a fresh start, and Blenheim feels like just the place. Soon after they move in, Salma spots her white neighbor, Tom Hutton, ripping out the anti-racist banner her son put in the front garden. Avoiding confrontation, Salma takes the banner inside and puts it in her window. But the next morning, she wakes up to find her window smeared with paint. When she does speak to Tom, battle lines are drawn between the two families. As racial and social tensions escalate and the stakes rise, it's clear that a reckoning is coming ... And someone is going to get hurt" --
9780593713815 0593713818
2023028469
Bangladeshis--Fiction.
Neighbors--Fiction.
Suburban life--Fiction.
City and town life--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Racism--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Social problem fiction.
Novels.