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Book SynopsisWhat if your own husband was accused of sexual misconduct?
''You will be left wondering just who George is, and indeed, who you are.'' Irish News
For readers who were gripped by Megan Abbott''s The Fever and Louise O''Neill''s Asking For It .
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE
THE BEST KIND OF PEOPLE is a page-turning Canadian bestseller about a family on the brink of collapse. It gives no easy answers, but once you stay up all night reading it, you''ll want to talk about it with everyone you know.
For the past ten years, science teacher George Woodbury has been hailed a suburban hero.
But when his daughter Sadie turns 17, George is arrested for sexual misconduct with her own classmates, while his wife Joan looks on in shock.
As George awaits trial, his son Andrew, a lawyer in New York, returns home to help, only to confront his own unhappy memories.
How can the fami
Trade Review
Whittall places the reader right at the centre of their pain. It's the best depiction of female suffering I've read since Jane Smiley eloquently tackled sexual abuse in A Thousand Acres. - Toronto Star
The Best Kind of People is the best kind of book ? it's got a compelling story characters readers will recognize and come to love and writing that makes it effortless to turn page after page. - Vancouver Sun
An astounding portrait of a character by omission. - National Post
The jury found Zoe Whittall's The Best Kind of People urgent and timely, nuanced and brave. This gripping story challenges how we hear women and girls, and dissects the self-hypnosis and fear that prevent us from speaking disruptive truth. - 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury
