04188cam a2200613 i 4500 1226073462 OCoLC 20220709123854.0 201202s2022 nyu e 000 1 eng 2020046841 9781982156121 hardcover 1982156120 hardcover 9781982156138 paperback 1982156139 paperback 9781982156145 electronic book (OCoLC)1226073462 AJM pcc Chan, Jessamine, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2020067480 author 11841 The school for good mothers : a novel / Jessamine Chan First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022 ©2022 324 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Set in near-future America, The School for Good Mothers introduces readers to a government-run reform program where bad mothers are retrained using robot doll children with artificial intelligence. 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. There, she learns to love an uncannily life-like toddler girl doll in order to demonstrate her maternal instincts and prove to her family court judge that she deserves a second chance. Frida is an outsider in every way: better educated, more affluent, and the only Asian. The mothers, whose transgressions range from benign to horrific, are under constant surveillance. 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 American parenting culture, while highlighting the tragedy of state-sponsored family separation. Is there one right way to mother? Can a bad mother ever be redeemed? With warmth, heart, and dark humor, the 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"-- Provided by publisher Chinese American women Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009119254 11842 Single mothers Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111363 710 Motherhood Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107406 11843 Américaines d'origine chinoise Romans, nouvelles, etc 11844 Mères de famille monoparentale Romans, nouvelles, etc 11845 Maternité Romans, nouvelles, etc 11846 FICTION / Literary. bisacsh 659 FICTION / Women. bisacsh 1652 FICTION / Satire. bisacsh 11847 Chinese American women. fast (OCoLC)fst00857242 11848 Motherhood. fast (OCoLC)fst01026907 4414 Single mothers. fast (OCoLC)fst01119370 2763 Chinese American women Fiction. sears 11842 Single parents Fiction. sears 11849 Mothers Fiction. sears 11341 Science fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01726489 923 Dystopian fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01921637 3001 Fiction. fast (OCoLC)fst01423787 48 Science fiction. gsafd 923 Dystopias. gsafd 4922 Science fiction. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026529 923 Dystopian fiction. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026302 3001 Online version: Chan, Jessamine. School for good mothers. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022 9781982156145 (DLC) 2020046842 (OCoLC)1226073624 .b173035504 ddc BOOK 28403 28403 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2022-07-09 27.00 5 CHAN 63840 2022-11-30 2022-11-02 2022-07-09 BOOK 1