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 South's systematic injustice 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 endangered by secrets meant to stay hidden. Spanning more than thirty 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 is a captivating...meaningful 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.
