The School For Good Mothers By Jessamine Chan

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan is a gripping and unsettling novel that explores motherhood, societal expectations, and the impossible standards imposed on parents. Frida Liu is a struggling mother who makes a mistake while caring for her young daughter, Harriet. When the state intervenes and declares her unfit to parent, Frida faces a system determined to retrain her to become a “good mother.”

As mothers across society are subjected to increasingly intrusive re-education, Frida must confront the consequences of her actions while fighting to regain her relationship with her daughter. Blending dystopian suspense with sharp social commentary, the novel examines parental guilt, perfectionism, privilege, and the ways institutions judge women’s choices.

An instant New York Times bestseller and an Obama 2022 Summer Reading Pick, this thought-provoking debut challenges readers to question who gets to define a good parent and how far society should go in enforcing its ideals.

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