A Sharp Family Drama About Image And Blame
Patmeena Sabit writes with bite about reputation, family and the stories people tell around tragedy. What makes the novel so readable is the tension between public judgement and private truth, giving it both the sweep of a family drama and the sting of social critique.
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A Sharp Family Drama About Image And Blame
Patmeena Sabit writes with bite about reputation, family and the stories people tell around tragedy. What makes the novel so readable is the tension between public judgement and private truth, giving it both the sweep of a family drama and the sting of social critique.
- Book Synopsis
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CHOSEN AS A 2026 MUST-READ BOOK by THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, NEW ARAB AND BBC CULTURE
'AWFULLY ADDICTIVE . . . PEOPLE, GOOD AND BAD, ARE GOING TO LOVE IT' GUARDIAN
'A SPECTACULAR TRIUMPH' KHALED HOSSEINI
'THRILLING. I'LL BE RECOMMENDING THIS BOOK TO EVERYONE' ANN PATCHETT
'UTTERLY ADDICTIVE . . . WILL HAVE EVERYONE TALKING' PAULA HAWKINS
EVERYONE THINKS THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED . . .
The Sharaf family is the picture of success. They arrived in America as refugees with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. And now, after years of hard work, they live in the most exclusive neighbourhood, their growing family attending the most prestigious schools. Zorah, the eldest daughter, is the apple of her father's eye.
But when Zorah dies in an unthinkable tragedy, the family is thrust into the court of public opinion. There is talk that the Sharafs' happy household was anything but, and soon the veneer of the model immigrant family starts to crumble.
Those who knew her best - and those who never met her - all have an opinion on who Zorah really was, and what really happened to her . . .
Told through the chorus of voices surrounding the Sharafs, Good People is a riveting, provocative and unforgettable story of community, family and identity.
Ideal for readers who:
- Enjoy sharp, character-led fiction about morality, pressure and self-interest
- Are drawn to stories where public decency clashes with private compromise
- Want modern life explored through family, reputation and social judgement
- Like smart, talkable fiction with real edge
'THRILLING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' ECONOMIST
'PROPULSIVE' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'BRILLIANT' MONICA ALI '
ADDICTIVELY READABLE' STYLIST 'A BLINDER OF A DEBUT' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'GRIPPING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' LOUISE O'NEILL
'A CLEVER WHODUNNIT' RED
'UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR' ANNA BAILEY
'THRILLING AND ADDICTIVE' INEWS 'ABSOLUTELY RIVETING' EMMA VAN STRAATEN
- About The Author
- Patmeena Sabit was born in Kabul a few years after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. When she was a month old, her family fled the conflict and became refugees in Pakistan, joining the millions of other Afghans that had sought refuge there. They later moved to the United States and she grew up in Virginia. She currently lives in Toronto. Good People is her debut novel.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780349019444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Virago, (03 February 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Weight
- 488 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 230 x 148 x 34 mm
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