Suburban Wildlife

When Suburbia Cracks, Wildlife Instincts Take Hold When the Great Recession sweeps through Marin County, real estate agent Tom Feather has five days to sell two houses—or face bankruptcy and foreclosure. To keep up appearances, Tom makes a reckless, ill-conceived attempt to capture a wild turkey for Thanksgiving. When his wife Amy and their children discover his desperate ploy, the Feathers are forced out of their comfort zone and into the modest home of their immigrant gardener for an unconventional holiday dinner. There, they witness how a family living under the constant threat of deportation manages to carry on with love, grace, and resilience. A fragile hope arrives when Tom signs a deal with an anonymous company that will allow his family to remain in their home as renters. But the relief is short-lived. He soon learns the company has left a trail of evicted sellers, and an FBI investigation into real-estate fraud threatens to place him squarely in their sights. With their future on the line, Tom and Amy launch an urgent search to clear their names before the holiday season ends in disaster. Darkly funny and deeply humane, Suburban Wildlife is a family drama wrapped in a mystery that explores the animal instincts people adopt when suburbia cracks--and the unexpected alliances that can lead them back to grace.