{"product_id":"the-school-for-good-mothers-9781982156138","title":"The School for Good Mothers","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSelected as One of Barack Obama's Summer 2022 Reading List Picks!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and \u003ci\u003eToday \u003c\/i\u003eshow 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\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e), \"remarkable\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e), and \"infuriatingly timely\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) debut novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrida 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil Frida has a very bad day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother's devotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaced with the possibility of losing Harriet, Frida must prove that a bad mother can be redeemed. That she can learn to be good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \"intense\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e), \"captivating\" (\u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e) 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, \u003ci\u003eThe School for Good Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner \/ Marysue Rucci Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982156138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d","brand":"Jessamine Chan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42561953038517,"sku":"9781982156138","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ad98ffb3-6761-40d1-bf69-162f806441f4.jpg?v=1670943512","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-school-for-good-mothers-9781982156138","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}