The School for Good Mothers: A Novel

Description: The School for Good Mothers: A Novel Description Product Description An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance. Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. She can’t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with Harriet, their cherubic daughter, does Frida finally attain the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has, but she is just enough. Until Frida has a very bad day. The state has its eyes on mothers like Frida. The ones who check their phones, letting their children get injured on the playground; who let their children walk home alone. Because of one moment of poor judgment, a host of government officials will now determine if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother’s devotion. Faced with the possibility of losing Harriet, Frida must prove that a bad mother can be redeemed. That she can learn to be good. A searing page-turner that is also a transgressive novel of ideas about the perils of “perfect” upper-middle class parenting; the violence enacted upon women by both the state and, at times, one another; the systems that separate families; and the boundlessness of love, The School for Good Mothers introduces, in Frida, an everywoman for the ages. Using dark wit to explore the pains and joys of the deepest ties that bind us, Chan has written a modern literary classic. Review "Jessamine Chan’s infuriatingly timely debut novel, The School for Good Mothers, takes this widely accepted armchair quarterbacking of motherhood and ratchets it up to the level of a surveillance state — one that may read more like a preview than a dystopia, depending on your faith in the future of Roe v. ." — THE NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW “The School for Good Mothers picks up the mantle of writers like and , with their skin-crawling themes of surveillance, control, and technology; but it also stands on its own as a remarkable, propulsive novel. At a moment when state control over women’s bodies (and autonomy) feels ever more chilling, the book feels horrifyingly unbelievable and eerily prescient all at once.” — VOGUE "A surreal, dazzling witty tale." — PEOPLE "This debut novel was so captivating, thought-provoking and beautifully written, everything I tried to pick up next paled in was all I wanted to talk about, think about and read." — THE TODAY SHOW "Intense, unputdownable debut that will doubtless spark conversation about what makes a good or bad mother." — "It sounds dark and weird, and it is kind of dark and weird, but I found it really, really absorbing." — Linda Holmes, NPR "It’s about Big Things like state violence, family separation, so-" — BUSTLE "This scarily prescient novel that's reminiscent of Orwell and Vonnegut explores the depths of parents' love, how strictly we judge mothers and each other and the terrifying potential of government overreach." —GOOD HOUSEKEEPING "An incisive thriller on modern-day parenting." — HEY ALMA "In this debut novel about the launch of a government program meant to correct "bad" mothering, Chan collects the judgments and pressures that society places on women who deign to be multifaceted and translates them into a propulsive, perceptive story." — ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "Chan’s stunning debut could not be timelier, leaving no stone unturned in its allusion to the real-life legal assaults constraining women today. Part-dystopian, part-prescient, impossible to put down and impossible to forget." — LIBRARY JOURNAL " seamlessly throughout are societal assum Payment We accept all major credit cards and PayPal. Shipping Free Shipping anywhere in the Continental United States. Please be certain your shipping address is correct as this cannot be changed once the order has been placed. Returns Should you need to return your purchase, we allow returns that are processed within 30 days of receipt of the order. Please contact us for a return authorization and the return shipping address.

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