The School for Good Mothers: A Novel [Paperback] Chan, Jessamine

Longlisted for the PENHemingway Award for Debut NovelLonglisted for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceShortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel PrizeSelected as One of Barack Obamas Favorite Books of 2022In this New York Times bestseller and Today show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance, in this surreal People, remarkable Vogue, and infuriatingly timely The New York Times Book Review debut novelFrida Liu is struggling She doesnt have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents sacrifices She cant persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellnessobsessed 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 enoughUntil Frida has a very bad dayThe state has its eye 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 judgement, a host of government officials will now determine if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brotherlike institution that measures the success or failure of a mothers devotionFaced with the possibility of losing Harriet, Frida must prove that a bad mother can be redeemed That she can learn to be goodAn intense Oprah Daily, captivating Today pageturner that is also a transgressive novel of ideas about the perils of perfect uppermiddle 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 ISBN10: 1668000334 ISBN13: 9781668000335Material Type: paperback