{"product_id":"good-people-patmeena-sabit-pre-order-1","title":"Good People - Patmeena Sabit","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"transition: height 0.3s ease-in-out; height: 1091px; max-height: none; overflow: hidden;\" class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSo good, defnitely unputdownable; and a very clever debut novel. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe entire book is a series of interviews and articles, giving a fast paced \u0026amp; rivetting oral history of an Afghani family resettled in America; and multiple versions of what happened following a terrible tragedy. This is a story of community, family \u0026amp; identity.  Sara \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZorah Sharaf is her family's pride and joy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eZorah Sharaf is bringing shame to her family.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is the truth? It depends on who you ask.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFleeing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 170, 255);\"\u003e'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 \u003ci\u003eTHE KITE RUNNER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 170, 255);\"\u003e'Brilliant. The best debut I've read in a very long time' MONICA ALI, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLOVE MARRIAGE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Bio\u003c\/strong\u003e - 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. \u003ci\u003eGood People \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e400 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124964540570,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/9780349019444GoodPeople.jpg?v=1768853313","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/good-people-patmeena-sabit-pre-order-1","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}