How to Be Good

by Nick Hornby

First published 2001

Katie Carr has a comfortable life as a doctor in London - and a guilty secret. But when her obnoxious husband David undergoes a radical personality change, becoming unfailingly good, her carefully constructed justifications start to crumble. As David's saintly behavior drives Katie to the edge, she's forced to re-examine her own morality and confront the true meaning of goodness.

Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, relationships

Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: character-study, moral-dilemma

Setting: London (England)

305 pages · Hardcover · Riverhead

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