Such Good People

Description: "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."--

Brief description: Amy Blumenfeld grew up in Queens, New York. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she received the James A. Wechsler Award for national reporting. Her essays and articles have appeared on the cover of People, in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, O, The Oprah Magazine, as well in George where she worked as a staff editor and writer. Amy's debut novel, The Cast, was selected as a New York Post Best Book of the Week and named Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award in Popular Fiction. She has also been a contributing author to a best-selling anthology and two non-fiction books. Amy lives in New York with her husband and daughter.

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"An engaging, thought-provoking read with lasting emotional impact. Recommend to fans of Julia Glass and Jodi Picoult."--Library Journal

". . . this engaging novel succeeds as a story of dealing with the consequences and challenges of decisions made in one's youth . . . A highly readable story of ties that bind and skeletons in the closet."--Kirkus Reviews

"Exceptional, original, clever, emotionally engaging, memorable, and extraordinary, Such Good People by author Amy Blumenfeld is especially and unreservedly recommended . . ."--Midwest Book Review

"Intricately plotted and deeply moving, Such Good People is a poignant examination of family, friendship, and the secrets we keep to protect those we love. Blumenfeld writes with nuance and compassion--this novel will linger in your heart and mind long after you finish the last page."--Alyson Richman, author of The Time Keepers