Good People: The most page-turning, must-discuss bookclub debut of 2026
Publishing Details
Good People: The most page-turning, must-discuss bookclub debut of 2026
By (Author) Patmeena Sabit
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press Ltd
10th February 2026
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Physical Properties
464
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 22mm
Description
'Brilliant. The best debut I've read in a very long time' MONICA ALI, bestselling author of Love Marriage
Zorah Sharaf is her family's pride and joy.Zorah Sharaf is bringing shame to her family.What is the truth It depends on who you ask.Fleeing the horrors of war in Afghanistan, the Sharaf family resettles as refugees in Northern Virginia. After many years of hard work, the father has become a millionaire. Now they live in the most exclusive neighbourhood, their growing family attending the most prestigious schools. And Zorah, the eldest daughter, is the apple of her father's eye.When Zorah dies in an unthinkable tragedy, the Sharafs are left reeling. But there is talk that the happy family was anything but, and soon the veneer of the model immigrant family starts to crumble.And 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 remarkable, unsettling snapshot of our complicated times' AMEER PANDYA, author of Our Beautiful BoysReviews
Brilliant. The best debut I've read in a very long time -- Monica Ali, author of LOVE MARRIAGE
Good People is equal parts an immigrant novel, a tightly-wound mystery, and an oral history. Patmeena Sabit moves between these with insight, ease and grace to give us a remarkable, unsettling snapshot of our complicated times -- Sameer Pandya, author of OUR BEAUTIFUL BOYS
Author Bio
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.
