The School for Good Mothers \ ;by Jessamine Chan
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\nSet in near-future America\, The School for G ood Mothers introduces readers to a government-run reform program where ba d mothers are retrained using robot doll children with artificial intellig ence. Protagonist Frida Liu\, a 39-year-old Chinese-American single mother in Philadelphia\, loses custody of her 18-month-old daughter\, Harriet\, after she leaves Harriet home alone for two hours on one very bad day. To regain custody\, Frida must spend a year at a newly-created institution\, where she practices parenting with bad mothers from all over the county. T here\, she learns to love an uncannily life-like toddler girl doll in orde r to demonstrate her maternal instincts and prove to her family court judg e that she deserves a second chance. Frida is an outsider in every way: be tter educated\, more affluent\, and the only Asian. The mothers\, whose tr ansgressions range from benign to horrific\, are under constant surveillan ce. If they don't pass all the school's tests\, their parental rights will be terminated. Inspired by dystopian classics such as 1984\, Never Let Me Go\, and The Handmaid's Tale\, the novel eviscerates the dominant America n parenting culture\, while highlighting the tragedy of state-sponsored fa mily separation. Is there one right way to mother? Can a bad mother ever b e redeemed? With warmth\, heart\, and dark humor\, the novel tells a timel ess story of a mother fighting to win back her child\, and her struggle to hold onto her integrity while being indoctrinated.
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