Good People

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
'SHARP, THOUGHTFUL AND CRACKLING WITH TENSION' PANDORA SYKES
'A SPECTACULAR TRIUMPH' KHALED HOSSEINI
'THRILLING. I'LL BE RECOMMENDING THIS BOOK TO EVERYONE' ANN PATCHETT
'GORGEOUS AND POWERFUL' TOMMY ORANGE, NEW YORK TIMES
'INCREDIBLY MOVING, STUNNINGLY INSIGHTFUL AND COMPLETELY ADDICTIVE' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS
'UTTERLY ADDICTIVE . . . WILL HAVE EVERYONE TALKING' PAULA HAWKINS
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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.
___________________________________________________________________________ 'THIS YEAR'S MOST HOTLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT...MORE THAN LIVES UP TO THE HYPE' STYLIST
'THRILLING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' ECONOMIST
'GRIPPING STUFF' DAILY MAIL
'A SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA' SUNDAY TIMES
'PROPULSIVE' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
'BRILLIANT' MONICA ALI
'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

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.