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GOOD PEOPLE is one of those books that slips under your skin and stays there. All the makings of a 5 ⭐️ book. Rahmat and Maryam Sharaf flee war-torn Afghanistan with their young son, hoping the United States will offer safety and a shot at the American Dream, but what they find instead is a maze of cultural expectations, generational tension, and relentless pressure to be “good people” and the model minority. @patmeenasabit captures the challenge of immigrant parents trying to preserve their values while raising first-generation American children who are shaped by an entirely different world, and that tension drives much of the emotional weight of the story. Told in a gripping Greek-chorus style through voices across their Afghan American community, the story builds with a slow, looming sense of tragedy. You know something terrible has happened, but the who, what, and how unravel little by little. Sabit doesn’t shy away from showing the sensationalized, often Islamophobic lens through which immigrant families are viewed, and that honesty gives the novel real weight. It’s a powerful and timely debut from Patmeena Sabit, herself an Afghan refugee who arrived in the U.S. as a baby, and it left me thinking about identity, belonging, and the stories we choose to believe. GOOD PEOPLE is book club ✨ gold ✨ and happens to be our May Chapters & Chats discussion with the author! Comment if you’d like to join for the discussion 👌🏻 💬GOOD PEOPLE is also featured in my immigrant experiences reading guide. Comment GUIDE to get the free resource 🤍 Thank you @crownpublishing for the gifted copy!