Susan Rebecca White - We Are All Good People Here

Susan Rebecca White - We Are All Good People Here

Saturday, Aug 10, 2019 6:00 PM

Location:
The Carter Center
453 John Lewis Freedom Parkway NE, Atlanta, GA 30307

From Atlanta's Susan Rebecca White, author of "A Place at the Table" and "A Soft Place to Land," comes a gripping, multigenerational story inspired by true events. "We Are All Good People Here" follows two best friends through their political awakenings in the turbulent 1960s—and the repercussions of their actions after their daughters encounter the secrets they thought they had buried long ago.

About the Book

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 South’s caste system forces them to question everything they thought they knew about the world and their places in it.

Eve veers toward radicalism—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 isn’t so easily buried, as Daniella and Eve discover when their daughters are caught up in secrets meant to stay hidden.

Spanning just over 30 years of American history, from the twilight of Kennedy’s Camelot to the beginning of Bill Clinton’s presidency, "We Are All Good People Here" perfectly resonates with today’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?

If you are unable to attend this event, you may pre-order a signed copy of the book below.

About the Author

Susan Rebecca White is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, "Bound South," "A Soft Place to Land," and "A Place at the Table." A graduate of Brown University and the MFA program at Hollins University, Susan has taught creative writing at Hollins, Emory, SCAD, and Mercer University, where she was the Ferrol A. Sams, Jr. Distinguished Chair of English Writer-in-Residence. An Atlanta native, Susan lives in Atlanta with her husband and son.