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From the multi-award-winning author of Burial Rites with new novel Devotion out now
In 1825, in a remote valley in Ireland, three women are brought together by troubling events.
Nóra cares for her orphaned four-year-old grandson, who can neither walk nor speak. She hires a servant girl, Mary, to help her. Soon, Mary hears rumours in the valley about the dark powers of this strange little boy.
In desperation, Nóra and Mary turn to Nance Roche, a woman who locals say has the knowledge. That she consorts with the Good People, and only Nance can return those whom they have taken ...
PRAISE FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE
'A thoroughly engrossing entrée into the macabre nature of a vanished society' Tom Keneally
'Dark, poetic and intense' Kate Forsyth
'A serious and compelling novel about how those in desperate circumstances cling to ritual as a bulwark against their own powerlessness' THE GUARDIAN
'A gripping, adept and intelligent reconstruction of the past' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Hannah Kent's first novel, the multi award winning international bestseller, Burial Rites, was translated into over 30 languages and is being adapted for film. Her second novel, The Good People was translated into 10 languages, nominated for numerous awards and is also being adapted for film. Devotion, her third novel, published in 2021, won Booktopia's Favourite Australian Book, and was shortlisted for multiple industry awards. Her original feature film, Run Rabbit Run, was directed by Daina Reid and starred Sarah Snook. Hannah is also the co-founder of Kill Your Darlings, and has written for The New York Times, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian, the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, Meanjin, Qantas Magazine and LitHub. She lives and works on Peramangk and Kaurna country. In the year 1825, in a remote valley lying between the mountains of south-west Ireland, near the Flesk river of Killarney, three women are brought together by strange and troubling events.
In 1825, in a remote valley in Ireland, three women are brought together by troubling events.
Nóra cares for her orphaned four-year-old grandson, who can neither walk nor speak. She hires a servant girl, Mary, to help her. Soon, Mary hears rumours in the valley about the dark powers of this strange little boy.
In desperation, Nóra and Mary turn to Nance Roche, a woman who locals say has the knowledge. That she consorts with the Good People, and only Nance can return those whom they have taken ...
PRAISE FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE
'A thoroughly engrossing entrée into the macabre nature of a vanished society' Tom Keneally
'Dark, poetic and intense' Kate Forsyth
'A serious and compelling novel about how those in desperate circumstances cling to ritual as a bulwark against their own powerlessness' THE GUARDIAN
'A gripping, adept and intelligent reconstruction of the past' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Hannah Kent's first novel, the multi award winning international bestseller, Burial Rites, was translated into over 30 languages and is being adapted for film. Her second novel, The Good People was translated into 10 languages, nominated for numerous awards and is also being adapted for film. Devotion, her third novel, published in 2021, won Booktopia's Favourite Australian Book, and was shortlisted for multiple industry awards. Her original feature film, Run Rabbit Run, was directed by Daina Reid and starred Sarah Snook. Hannah is also the co-founder of Kill Your Darlings, and has written for The New York Times, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian, the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, Meanjin, Qantas Magazine and LitHub. She lives and works on Peramangk and Kaurna country. In the year 1825, in a remote valley lying between the mountains of south-west Ireland, near the Flesk river of Killarney, three women are brought together by strange and troubling events.