CHOSEN AS A 2026 MUST-READ BOOK BY THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY TIMES STYLIST SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
NEW ARAB AND BBC CULTURE 'A spectacular triumph... the Afghan novel I have been eagerly
waiting for' KHALED HOSSEINI 'A gorgeous and powerful debut novel' NEW YORK TIMES
'Thrilling. I'll be recommending this book to everyone' ANN PATCHETT 'Brilliant. The best
debut I've read in a very long time' MONICA ALI 'Gripping thought-provoking and quietly
devastating ' LOUISE O'NEILL 'A clever debut probing the American dream' GUARDIAN 'This
sweeping family saga will stay with you long after you put it down' SUNDAY TIMES --------
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. --------
'Engaging and thought-provoking... a blinder of a debut' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Addictively
readable' STYLIST 'Propulsive' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'Thought-provoking and utterly
addictive' PAULA HAWKINS 'A clever whodunnit that challenges and asks so much more' RED
'Absolutely unlike anything else you'll read this year' ANNA BAILEY 'Explore[s] the exile
experience and precariousness of truth in the court of public opinion' INDEPENDENT 'A
triumphant debut! Masterful prescient and beguiling' ALKA JOSHI 'Absolutely riveting' EMMA
VAN STRAATEN 'A remarkable unsettling snapshot of our complicated times' SAMEER PANDYA
