The Good People

by Hannah Kent

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'Exquisite' – Daily Mail
Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize

Based on true events, The Good People is Hannah Kent's engrossing novel about superstition and devoted love.

Ireland, 1825.

Nóra, bereft after the sudden death of her husband, finds herself alone and caring for her young grandson Micheál, who cannot speak or walk. What happened to the healthy, happy grandson she met when her daughter was still alive?

Mary arrives in the valley to help Nóra just as the whispers are spreading: stories of unexplained misfortunes, of illnesses, and rumours that Micheál is a changeling child who is bringing bad luck to the...

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  • ISBN10 1447233360
  • ISBN13 9781447233367
  • Publish Date 7 September 2017 (first published 9 February 2017)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Pan Macmillan
  • Imprint Picador
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 400
  • Language English