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Good People

Name: Good People
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780349019444
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The most page-turning, must-discuss bookclub debut of 2026

By Patmeena Sabit

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Written with raw emotional insight . . . What a spectacular triumph. This is the Afghan novel I have been eagerly waiting for — KHALED HOSSEINI, bestselling author of The Kite Runner 'Brilliant. The best debut I've read in a very long time' — MONICA ALI,... Read More

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An incredibly propulsive and provocative debut novel about the dark underside of gossip - the way it can shape and distort the truth until you're not sure what is real or what you believe.

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Written with raw emotional insight . . . What a spectacular triumph. This is the Afghan novel I have been eagerly waiting for — KHALED HOSSEINI, bestselling author of The Kite Runner

'Brilliant. The best debut I've read in a very long time' — MONICA ALI, bestselling author of Love Marriage

Good People is a thrilling tour de force of a novel. I'll be recommending this book to everyone — ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of Tom Lake

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Zorah Sharaf could do no wrong. Zorah Sharaf brought shame upon her family.

What's the truth? Depends on who you ask.

The Sharaf family live in an exclusive neighbourhood in Virginia, the father a successful businessman and the children attending the most prestigious schools. Zorah, the eldest daughter, is the apple of her father's eye. The family's arrival in America, as refugees from war-torn Afghanistan, feels far behind them.

But when Zorah dies in an unthinkable tragedy, everyone is left reeling and the family is thrust into the court of public opinion. There is talk that behind closed doors 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 didn't know her at all - all have an opinion on who Zorah really was, and what really happened to her...

A kaleidoscopic, urgent narrative, told through the chorus of voices surrounding the Sharafs, Good People is a riveting, provocative and unforgettable story of community, family and identity.

'A remarkable, unsettling snapshot of our complicated times' — AMEER PANDYA, author of Our Beautiful Boys

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ISBN: 9780349019444

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 February 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Virago Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 400

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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.