8.20.2019 - We Are All Good People Here

Thanks to NetGalley, Atria Books and Susan Rebecca White for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This is a multi-generation story, beginning with Eve and Daniella, two privileged girls from the south, beginning their college years at Belmont College in Virginia in the early 1960s.  Eve followed her mom and grandmother's footsteps in attending Belmont and being accepted into Fleur, the elite sorority.  When Daniella, who is half-Jewish, didn't get into the sorority, it began a series of injustices that threw both of them off their projected paths.  They eventually transfer to Barnard, where they both get involved with more radical people and ideals.  The women take very different paths in the years after school and lose touch with each other, but come back together when Eve is in trouble.  They both have daughters and the story progresses from the daughters' viewpoints.

These were turbulent times of racism, sexism, war and politics (hmm...sounds like today as well!).  This was a well-researched book, including many true people and events.