The Good People
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County Kerry, Ireland, 1825. NÓRA, bereft after the sudden death of her beloved husband, finds herself alone and caring for her young grandson Micheál. Micheál cannot speak and cannot walk and Nóra is desperate to know what is wrong. What happened to the healthy, happy boy she met when her daughter was still alive?MARY arrives in the valley just as the whispers are spreading: stories of unexplained misfortunes, of illnesses, and the rumours that Micheál is a changeling child who is bringing bad luck to the valley. NANCE knows how to use the plants and berries of the woodland, she understands the magic in the old ways. To the new priest, she is a threat, but to the valley people she is a healer. And she might be able to help Micheál. As these three women are drawn together in the hope of restoring Micheál, their world of folklore and faith, 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.Based on true events and set in a lost world bound by its own laws, The Good People is Hannah Kent's startling new novel about absolute belief and devoted love.