The School for Good Mothers
| Autor: |
Jessamine Chan
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| Jazyk: |
anglicky |
| Vazba: |
měkká |
| Počet stran: |
336 |
| Formát: |
15,3 x 23,4 cm |
| ISBN/EAN: |
9781529151336 |
| Nakladatel: |
Hutchinson Heinemann |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Edice: |
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Frida Liu is a struggling mother. She remembers taking Harriet from her cot and changing her nappy. She remembers giving her a morning bottle. They'd been up since four am.
Frida just had to finish the article in front of her. But she'd left a file on her desk at work. What would happen if she retrieved it and came back in an hour? She was so sure it would be okay.
Now, the state has decided that Frida is not fit to care for her daughter. That she must be re-educated. Can this mistake cost her everything?
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS is an explosive and thrilling novel about the pressures of perfectionism, parenthood
and privilege.
Review
A taut and propulsive take on the cult of motherhood and the notion of what makes a good mother. Destined to be feminist classic - it kept me up at night -- Pandora Sykes
A haunting tale of identity and motherhood - as devastating as it is imaginative -- Afua Hirsch
Examining race, privilege and the pressures of perfectionism, it will resonate with fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere ― Elle UK
Impossible to stop reading -- Chan captures the terrifying helplessness of a mother making bad choices and losing control in a fascinating dystopia of state surveillance. This brilliant rendering of a flawed and complicated heroine highlights many compelling issues of race and expectations of motherhood, with masterful storytelling of love and heartbreak and terror and suspense -- Frances Cha
A timely and remarkable debut. -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES
About the Author
Jessamine Chan's short stories have appeared in Tin House and Epoch. A former reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, she holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BA from Brown University. Her work has received support from the Elizabeth George Foundation, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Wurlitzer Foundation, Jentel, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, the Anderson Center, VCCA and Ragdale. She lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.
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