The Good People – ISBN: 9781447233367
Based on true events and set in a lost world bound by its own laws, The Good People is Hannah Kent’s startling novel about absolute belief and devoted love.
NĆ³ra, bereft after the sudden death of her beloved husband, finds herself alone and caring for her young grandson MicheĆ”l. MicheĆ”l cannot speak and cannot walk and NĆ³ra is desperate to know what is wrong with him. Mary arrives in the valley to help NĆ³ra just as the whispers are spreading: the stories of unexplained misfortunes, of illnesses, and the rumours that MicheĆ”l is a changeling child who is bringing bad luck to the valley.Nance’s knowledge keeps her apart. To the new priest, she is a threat, but to the valley people she is a wanderer, a healer. Nance knows how to use the plants and berries of the woodland; she understands the magic in the old ways. And she might be able to help MicheĆ”l.As these three women are drawn together in the hope of restoring MicheĆ”l, their world of folklore and belief, of ritual and stories, tightens around them. It will lead them down a dangerous path, and force them to question everything they have ever known.
