Everyday People (novel)

{{short description|2001 novel by Stewart O'Nan}}

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| author = Stewart O'Nan

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Novel

| publisher = Grove Press

| release_date = 2001

| media_type = Print (hardback)

| pages = 295

| isbn = 0-8021-1681-7

| oclc = 45100246

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Everyday People is a novel by the American writer Stewart O'Nan.{{cite journal |year=2001 |title=Everyday People (2001) |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0802116817 |journal=Booklist}}

It is set in 1998 in East Liberty and brings together the stories of its residents, mostly African-American during one fateful week in the early fall. The novel centers around Chris "Crest" Tolbert—an eighteen-year-old left paralyzed and haunted by the loss of his best friend after a recent accident—and O'Nan weaves together the lives of friends and family, lovers and strangers, and their emotions, memories, and dreams.