The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan | Paperback

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📖 About this Book

Frida Liu is exhausted, lonely, and struggling to balance motherhood with the rest of her life. Then, after one terrible mistake involving her young daughter Harriet, the authorities decide that Frida must prove she deserves to remain a mother.

She is sent to an experimental institution known as the School for Good Mothers, where women are monitored, judged, and trained to meet society’s impossible standards of perfect motherhood.

What begins as punishment becomes something far more disturbing as Frida is forced to confront a system that measures love, obedience, patience, and even instinct.

Dark, unsettling, and thought-provoking, The School for Good Mothers explores motherhood, surveillance, judgment, race, and the impossible expectations placed on women.

❤️ Why Sumaia Recommends It

This is one of those books that makes you uncomfortable on purpose.

I love books that leave me thinking about the story long after I finish, and this one raises so many questions about who gets to decide what makes someone a “good” mother.

It is disturbing at times, especially because the world Jessamine Chan creates does not feel completely impossible. The pressure placed on mothers, the judgment, and the expectation that women should somehow do everything perfectly make this story hit much harder.

Definitely one for readers who enjoy literary fiction that gives them something to discuss afterward.

✨ Perfect For

🧠 Thought-provoking literary fiction 👩‍👧 Stories about motherhood 🌑 Dark and unsettling reads 👁️ Dystopian social commentary 💭 Book club discussions 📚 Readers who enjoy morally complicated stories ⚖️ Stories questioning society’s expectations

📦 Product Details

📚 Title: The School for Good Mothers ✍️ Author: Jessamine Chan 📖 Format: Paperback 🌍 Language: English ✨ Condition: Brand New