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The School for Good Mothers

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The School for Good Mothers

Auteur(s): Jessamine Chan
Narrateur(s): Catherine Ho
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 Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence | Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | Selected as One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year!

In this New York Times bestseller and Today 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” (People), “remarkable” (Vogue), and “infuriatingly timely” (The New York Times Book Review) debut literary fiction novel.

Frida Liu, a hardworking Chinese American mother, is pushed to the edge. She doesn’t live up to the expectations set by her immigrant parents or her wellness-obsessed husband. Only with Harriet—cherubic and beloved—does she find a measure of fulfillment…until she has a very bad day.

In this close-to-future dystopia, the state targets mothers like Frida: mothers who check their phones, let their children walk home alone, or make one parenting error. Because of one mistake, Frida is sent to a government-run institution—a Big Brother–style reform school for “good mothers,” where every move is monitored, and even her love is judged.

For custody to be returned, she must prove that a flawed mother can be redeemed and learn to be “good.” Filled with dark wit and emotional urgency, The School for Good Mothers is an intense, captivating novel that scrutinizes upper-middle-class parenting, systemic surveillance of women, and the violence exacted by both the state and one another. It offers a transgressive exploration of motherhood, resilience, guilt, and the force of love.

Using spare, compelling prose, Jessamine Chan crafts an unforgettable, modern classic that resonates with readers of The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984, while centering a richly drawn woman navigating class, race, and motherhood under the gaze of an unyielding system. Dystopique Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction féminine Fiction littéraire Science-fiction

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"Ho holds the listener captive as she narrates this deeply engrossing portrait of the boundless depth of a mother’s love. Her exquisite narration channels a heartbreaking, terrifying, and prescient story that leaves the listener gutted."

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This was a gut wrenching, frustrating read, leaving me feeling depressed. Was interesting and moving albeit a tad drawn out in the middle and a little open ended at the end for me.

Gut wrenching.

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Started out great, with the mother’s “very bad day” but it was all downhill from there.
I feel like the author has potential but this book just had too many flaws to enjoy.
I get the idea of dystopia here but how does it work that the mother is doomed for life for making one(grave) mistake but the father can leave the mother with the newborn with no consequences, put the child’s development in danger by not feeding them carbohydrates and refusing vaccination and get zero punishment.
The protagonist is making terrible decisions and has not much else but self-pity. She has very low self-esteem and refuses to accept that anyone truly cares for them. She almost craves to be treated like garbage.
The toddlers in the book(the dolls and the real child) are supposed to be taught about merit and moral and social responsibility. A 2 year-old child?! At the same time these children can barely put together 2-word sentences..
Good idea, bad execution.

Hard to get through

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As a mother, reading this book was very triggering, in many ways; there is quite a depressed sense throughout the book that sometimes makes it tough to push on… but I finally made it through to the end.

I admire the way this story serves almost as an allegory for modern motherhood, and the unspoken pressures many mothers must navigate - pressure from society to raise good, respectable, responsible kids, but also the pressure that can come from other women/mothers via our natural bent toward comparison and competition.

To me, this story highlights the idea that there simply is no ‘training’ for motherhood… you become a mother overnight, flaws and all— no matter your motives or the circumstances surrounding how you got pregnant in the first place (which, as the book highlights, are many and varied). But, once that child arrives, you are irrevocably connected in a way that supersedes anything else in your life.
For me, the ‘school’ is a clever invention in the story that gets you thinking about what it would truly be like if there was such a ‘motherhood training’ program to attend before having a child. I think most women would choose not to have kids after going through what Frieda experiences; but that’s just it. That’s the deep complexity (and challenge) of parenthood, that maybe this story is hinting at? We don’t have the luxury of a training program, we have only what we’ve witnessed in our own families, and the families of those we are connected to.

So in a way, we are all “bad mothers, learning to be good”.

A bit doomsday, but interesting

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What an intense and haunting book! Best I’ve read in years. Gripping. Unforgettable. Timely. Profound. Highly recommended.

Amazing book

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This was an incredibly compelling story. The narration was excellent and added to the visions swirling around in my head. I’m still processing the main character’s experience and trying to leave the school behind, but I suspect Frieda’s story will stay with me for a long time.

Dystopian novel that felt very real!

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