The Best Kind of People

The Best Kind of PeopleA finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a national bestseller, Zoe Whittalls The Best Kind of People is a stunning tour de force about the unravelling of an all American family. George Woodbury, an affable teacher and beloved husband and father, is arrested for sexual impropriety at a prestigious prep school. His wife, Joan, vaults between denial and rage as the community she loved turns on her. Their daughter, Sadie, a popular over achieving

and Jon Murray and Mary-Ellis Bunim

and the huge potential for life right on their doorstep

Playground brings to light the systems of competition

in a world that desperately requires the feminine

Asking for directions at a big

or may not

He also crosses paths with an extraordinary young woman driven by voices within to try to heal the ailing king — and help his forces in war

“A new generation of survival story

Cope again takes the ancient yogic text the Bhagavad Gita—the epic narrative of the warrior Arjuna’s odyssey of self-discovery—as a roadmap for our journey to our own true calling

And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives

She untangles the secret history of silk and muses on her problematic prom dress

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