Set in near-future America\, The School for Good Mothers introduces readers to a government-run reform program wh ere bad mothers are retrained using robot doll children with artificial in telligence.
\nProtagonist Frida Liu\, a 39-year-old Chinese-American single mother in Philadelphia\, loses custody of her 18-month-old daughte r\, Harriet\, after she leaves Harriet home alone for two hours on one ver y 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. There\, she learns to love an uncannily life-like toddler gir l doll in order to demonstrate her maternal instincts and prove to her fam ily court judge that she deserves a second chance.
\nFrida is an out sider in every way: better educated\, more affluent\, and the only Asian. The mothers\, whose transgressions range from benign to horrific\, are und er constant surveillance. If they don't pass all the school's tests\, thei r parental rights will be terminated. Inspired by dystopian classics such as 1984\, Never Let Me Go\, and The Handmaid's Tale\, the novel eviscerate s the dominant American parenting culture\, while highlighting the tragedy of state-sponsored family separation. Is there one right way to mother? C an a bad mother ever be redeemed? With warmth\, heart\, and dark humor\, t he novel tells a timeless story of a mother fighting to win back her child \, and her struggle to hold onto her integrity while being indoctrinated.< /p>\n
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