The best kind of people
An affable teacher and beloved husband and father is arrested for sexual impropriety at the school where he teaches, sending his family into turmoil.
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- ISBN: 1770899421
- ISBN: 9781770899421
- Physical Description 405 pages
- Publisher [Toronto] : House of Anansi Press, 2016.
- Copyright ©2016
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The Best Kind of People
A finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a national bestseller, Zoe Whittall's 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 high school senior, becomes a social pariah. Their son, Andrew, assists in his father's defense, while wrestling with his own unhappy memories of his teen years. A local author tries to exploit their story, while an unlikely men's rights activist attempts to get Sadie onside their cause. With George locked up, how do the members of his family pick up the pieces and keep living their lives? How do they defend someone they love while wrestling with the possibility of his guilt? With exquisite emotional precision, award-winning author Zoe Whittallexplores issues of loyalty, truth, and the meaning of happiness through the lens of an all-American family on the brink of collapse.