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Such Good People
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An emotionally gripping, character-driven novel about the ripple effect of a split-second decision to protect a friend.
A PEOPLE MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 A FORBES MAGAZINE PICK OF 2025
"A poignant story of love, loss, loyalty, and being torn between right and wrong. You won't be able to put this one down."--Emily Liebert, USA Today best-selling author of Pretty Revenge
"One of those multi-dimensional must-reads that wins both as a page-turning legal story about social injustice, prejudice and redemption, and an emotional character-driven tale of love, family, and lifelong friendship. Fans of Tayari Jones's An American Marriage, Rebecca Searles' In Five Years, and Allison Larkin's The People We Keep will devour Amy Blumenfeld's latest triumph. Such Good People is Such a Good Book!"--Samantha Greene Woodruff, author of The Lobotomist's Wife and The Trade Off
It's 10 p.m. on a Thursday in the spring of her freshman year of college, and April is standing at the back of a crowded Manhattan bar waiting for her friend, Rudy, to arrive. Their eyes lock the moment he enters the room, and in an instant, lives and legacies are altered forever.
Within hours, Rudy is arrested. Within days, April is expelled. Within weeks, he's incarcerated. And within months, she meets Peter, a prodigious young attorney who makes her world recognizable again.
Nearly fifteen years later, April is happily living in Chicago married to Peter, a mother of three with a fulfilling career and standing yoga date with her girlfriends. On the eve of Peter's election for local office, Rudy is up for parole. Headlines explode about April's past, jeopardizing Peter's campaign and everything they hold dear. Suddenly, April is faced with an impossible choice: protecting the life she created, or the person who sacrificed everything to make that life a possibility. Such Good People is a captivating portrait of blurred lines, divided loyalties, and what it means to love purely, steadfastly, and interminably.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9781684633227
EAN:
9781684633227
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
360
Authors:
Amy Blumenfeld
Publisher:
Sparkpress
Published Date: 2025-08-07
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This book had a hold on me from start to finish. It is the perfect fiction book for anyone wanting a good read where you can just tune out the real world and dive in to someone elses problems. I read this book in about a day and a half and just couldn't put it down. I really enjoyed diving into the personal lives of Peter and April and the author did an amazing job of making me feel that I was right there with them in every scene.
Not great. Slow in the early chapters and then a rushed conclusion once the plot thickens.
The plot was very predictable with no surprises or interesting twists. You could see it coming from almost the beginning. Nice characters and a very feel good beach read type of book.
I couldn’t put the book down! I loved the story. It’s nice to read about strong friendships that persevere during the most difficult of situations. I enjoyed the character transformations that were unexpected. Extremely entertaining & fun read, that also makes you think about justice and the difficulties in the criminal justice system.
From the very first page, I was completely drawn into the story and your characters felt so real that I couldn’t stop reading. The writing was layered, thoughtful, and full of emotional depth, and I found myself both savoring what I was reading and racing to see what would happen next. It’s one of those rare books I truly wished would never end. Even after finishing, I kept thinking about the people Blumenfeld created and the questions she raised. It’s the kind of novel that lingers, in the best way.
