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The School for Good Mothers
- Author
- Jessamine Chan
- Narrator
- Catherine Ho
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 3 March 2022
- Run Time
- 11 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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'We have your daughter'
Frida Liu is a struggling mother. She remembers taking Harriet from her cot and changing her nappy. She remembers giving her a morning bottle. They'd been up since four am.
Frida just had to finish the article in front of her. But she'd left a file on her desk at work. What would happen if she retrieved it and came back in an hour? She was so sure it would be okay.
Now, the state has decided that Frida is not fit to care for her daughter. That she must be re-trained. Soon, mothers everywhere will be re-educated. Will their mistakes cost them everything?
The School for Good Mothers is an explosive and thrilling novel about love and the pressures of perfectionism, parenthood and privilege.
© Jessamine Chan 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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A remarkable, propulsive novel
Vogue
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A gripping debut
Mail on Sunday
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A wry, thoughtful novel
Spectator
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The School For Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan . . . has become all too resonant given the rumblings behind Texas' anti-trans directive and it explores just how far the state could go when it comes to deciding what makes 'a good mother'
Stylist UK
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A haunting tale of identity and motherhood - as devastating as it is imaginative
Afua Hirsch
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A taut and propulsive take on the cult of motherhood and the notion of what makes a good mother. Destined to be feminist classic - it kept me up at night
Pandora Sykes
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This beautifully lucid, crisp first novel is like a Handmaid's Tale for the 21st century, but both easier going and more devastating. Is a mother's love ever good enough? Does becoming a mother mean mothballing all your former selves for good? There is fury behind Chan's precise and elegant prose, and sly humour too. A must-read
Sunday Times
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Examining race, privilege and the pressures of perfectionism, it will resonate with fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere
Elle
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A clever premise, well executed in lean, lucid prose - The Handmaid's Tale for the Squid Game generation
The Telegraph
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A riveting, thought-provoking read
Daily Mail
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Details
- Author
- Jessamine Chan
- Narrator
- Catherine Ho
- Duration
- 11 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 March 2022
- ISBN
- 9781529189872
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Dystopian and utopian fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.'We have your daughter'Frida Liu is a struggling mother. She remembers taking Harriet from her cot and changing her nappy. She remembers giving her a morning bottle. They'd been up since four am.Frida just had to finish the article in front of her. But she'd left a file on her desk at work. What would happen if she retrieved it and came back in an hour? She was so sure it would be okay.Now, the state has decided that Frida is not fit to care for her daughter. That she must be re-trained. Soon, mothers everywhere will be re-educated. Will their mistakes cost them everything?The School for Good Mothers is an explosive and thrilling novel about love and the pressures of perfectionism, parenthood and privilege.© Jessamine Chan 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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