{"product_id":"school-for-good-mothers-1","title":"School for Good Mothers","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSchool for Good Mothers\u003c\/h1\u003eJessamine Chan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Simon  \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 2022\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781982156121\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1982156120\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the PEN\/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and th\u003cb\u003ee Carnegie Medal for Excellence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003eSelected as One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe Year!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgment lands a young mother in a dystopian 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 literary fiction 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","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391238406189,"sku":"21605","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_9d3c8179-d331-45dd-bd22-0a78ef9b0437.jpg?v=1787352841","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/school-for-good-mothers-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}