The School for Good Mothers ⁽ᴴᵃʳᵈᶜᵒᵛᵉʳ ᴮᴼᴼᴷ⁾ by Jessamine Chan
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
In this tense and incendiary debut novel, one mistake in judgment puts a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance.
Frida Liu is having a hard time. She lacks a career that is commensurate with her Chinese immigrant parents' struggles. Gust, her husband, refuses to let go of his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Frida ultimately achieves the perfection expected of her with Harriet, their cherubic daughter. Harriet may be her only possession, yet she is sufficient.
Unless Frida has a particularly horrible day,
The government is keeping an eye on mothers like Frida. Those who check their phones while their children are on the playground, allowing them to be wounded; those who allow their children to walk home alone. A slew of government bureaucrats will now decide if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brother-style institution that assesses the success or failure of a mother's dedication as a result of one lapse in judgment.
Faced with the prospect of losing Harriet, Frida must demonstrate that even a horrible mother can be saved. that she would be able to learn to be good.
Product details: The School for Good Mothers
- Author : Jessamine Chan
- Language : English
- ISBN : ISBN
- ISBN-13 : ISBN13
- Number of pages : 288 pages
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- Date of Publication : Date
About the authors: Jessamine Chan
Reviews: The School for Good Mothers
"Jessamine Chan conveys in painful tones the demanding price women pay in a patriarchal society that despises them, that reduces their worth to their viability for conception and mothering."The School for Good Mothers is more of an alert announcing that the nightmare has arrived than a warning of some possible dystopian nightmare. As a result, the book is a somber witness, a mournful song, and a cutting rebuke of both the patriarchal social order and the traps it sets for women, girls, and femmes. "Good Mothers is deserving of a place with Margaret Atwood's and Octavia Butler's works." —ROBERT JONES, JR., author of The Prophets and creator of Son of Baldwin
Because it's so close to the truth, this taut, explosive thriller is all the more horrifying. Jessamine Chan uses the tale of one woman's struggle to reclaim her daughter to highlight the harsh scrutiny and condemnation that all moms face, especially those who aren't wealthy or white. Frida's position encapsulates the perplexing issue that many women are raised to ask: "Am I good enough?" —LENI ZUMAS, author of Red Clocks
"This book is unlike anything I've ever read before—a finely written, highly moving novel that also gives profound insights into the situation of contemporary motherhood in a country where parents receive very little societal assistance. I was moved to tears by the book's climax. The School for Good Mothers is frightening and unforgettable, and Jessamine Chan's genius continues to amaze me. " —LIZ MOORE, author of Long Bright River
"The novel, The School for Good Mothers, is wonderful. It's both heartbreaking and brave, energizing and wise. The School for Good Mothers makes us dread women's souls in the same way that The Handmaid's Tale makes us fear for their bodies. It's difficult to capture all of the love and desire in this novel, as well as how enthralling it is to be submerged in Chan's world. Let me just say that I read with my heart in my throat and my children in my arms. " —DIANE COOK, author of The New Wilderness
"The School for Good Mothers" is a timely and fascinating debut novel about widespread monitoring, loneliness, and the impossible standards of parenting. —CARMEN MARIA MACHADO, author of In the Dream House
"It's both heartbreaking and terrifying. exquisite and vivid. You'll find not only your favorite novel of the year in The School for Good Mothers but also a new cultural touchstone, a reference point for the everyday horrors that all parents encounter and take for granted. This book is razor-sharp, frightening, and anxiety-inducing. It's precisely what you want to read, and it's exactly what you need to read. " —JULIA PHILLIPS, author of Disappearing Earth
"Whether or not you are a parent, or someday aspire to be, The School for Superb Mothers should be on your reading list if you value good writing, a captivating plot, and important issues about the world we live in. " —BOOKPAGE
"This is an intriguing dystopian drama with depth and heart that makes complex arguments about parenting." —KIRKUS REVIEWS
"Sinister and bizarre... In Frida's desperate effort to atone for her one particularly horrible day, stark social commentary and concerns about authority and attachment play out. " —BOOKLIST
"Enthralling...Throughout, societal assumptions and preconceptions about moms, particularly mothers of color, and their consequences are woven effortlessly. Chan's inventive embellishments make the mothers' vulnerability to social pressures and political whims terrifying and palpable. It's a powerful story, made all the more so by the heroine's compassionate and complex character. " —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Chan's remarkable debut could not come at a better time, since it alludes to the real-life legal assaults that women face today. Part dystopian, part predictive, this book is tough to put down and forget. " —LIBRARY JOURNAL
"In this debut novel, Chan collects the judgments and constraints that society sets on women who deign to be diverse and converts them into a powerful, incisive fiction about the beginning of a government program aimed to cure "poor" mothering. " —ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"In the vein of Orwell and Vonnegut, this terrifyingly prescient story tackles the depths of parental love, how harshly we evaluate mothers and each other, and the terrifying prospect of government overreach. " —GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
"With a little sci-fi fun!" It's about big things like state aggression, family separation, so-called "perfect parenting," and the unreasonable demands of motherhood! " —NYLON
"It sounds dark and strange, and it is dark and strange, but I found it quite captivating." —Linda Holmes, NPR
"A gripping, nonstop debut that will undoubtedly stimulate debate about what makes a good or horrible mother." —OPRAH.COM
"Everything I tried to read after that paled in contrast to this debut novel, which was so fascinating, thought-provoking, and brilliantly written. All I wanted to do was talk about it, think about it, and read about it. " —THE TODAY SHOW
"With its skin-crawling themes of surveillance, control, and technology, The School for Good Mothers takes up the mantle of writers like Margaret Atwood and Kazuo Ishiguro, but it also stands on its own as a brilliant, compelling work." The book feels horrifyingly impossible and eerily prescient at the same time, at a time when state control over women's bodies (and autonomy) is becoming increasingly terrifying. " —VOGUE
"Jessica Chan's infuriatingly timely debut novel, The School for Good Mothers, takes this widely accepted armchair quarterbacking of motherhood and raises it to the level of a surveillance state — one that, depending on your faith in the future of Roe v. Wade, may read more like a preview than a dystopia... chilling... clever." —THE NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW
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