Good Guys by Bala, Sharon
Good Guys by Bala, Sharon

Good Guys

From the bestselling author of The Boat People comes a page-turning moral drama about money, the dark...
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Author: Sharon Bala
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Good Guys by Bala, Sharon

Good Guys

$71.99 $39.90
Good Guys by Bala, Sharon

Good Guys

$71.99 $39.90
Author: Sharon Bala
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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From the bestselling author of The Boat People comes a page-turning moral drama about money, the dark side of philanthropy, and what happens when you try to change the world for all the wrong reasons.

They have the best of intentions. What could go wrong?

Claire Talbot is the publicist at Children of the World, an international aid charity. Morally burnt out after decades working in reputation management, Claire is relieved to finally use her PR skills for good. Too bad the organization is on the verge of bankruptcy. In a last-ditch effort to keep them afloat, Claire arranges for an A-list actress to volunteer at one of their overseas orphanages. When the actress decides to adopt a baby and promises a massive donation, it seems as if Claire has single-handedly saved the day. But after a journalist digs into their operations and reveals a shocking crime, Claire and her colleagues must reckon with their complicity and all the ways their work abroad has harmed the very people they set out to save.

Moving between Children of the World's headquarters in Toronto and their compound in Central America, Good Guys charts the charity's rise and fall. Scathing yet compassionate, the novel is a thought-provoking exploration of power, philanthropy, and the lengths we go to for redemption. Emotionally engrossing, tightly paced, and sharply observed, it ultimately asks: Is it possible to do good in an imperfect world?

Author: Sharon Bala
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 01/20/2026
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780771005237


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/01/2025

About the Author
SHARON BALA's bestselling debut novel, The Boat People, won the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and the 2020 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Fiction, was a finalist for Canada Reads 2018, the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, and the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, and was longlisted for the 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize and the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award. In 2017, Sharon won the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for her short story "Butter Tea at Starbucks." She lives in St. John's, Newfoundland, where she is currently the Creative Non-Fiction Editor at Riddle Fence.
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