{"product_id":"the-school-for-good-mothers-r","title":"The School for Good Mothers (R)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrade Paperback \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Read with Jenna \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e Show Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil Frida has a very bad day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe state has its eyes 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 judgment, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFaced with the possibility of losing Harriet, Frida must prove that a bad mother can be redeemed. That she can learn to be good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA searing 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe School for Good Mothers \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eintroduces, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jessamine Chan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45107365249077,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/1622\/8661\/files\/Screenshot2026-04-07at10.20.38AM.png?v=1775578860","url":"https:\/\/daisychainbook.co\/products\/the-school-for-good-mothers-r","provider":"Daisy Chain Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}