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The Stunning Debut Novel Every Parent Is Talking About

What is a “good” mother? We at Scary Mommy know better than anyone that this question doesn’t have one answer, but The School Of Good Mothers, the highly anticipated debut novel by Jessamine Chan, explores pressures put on parents like no other novel we’ve ever read. Incisive and page-turning, the novel follows Frida Liu, a hard-working single mom whose fateful decision on a Bad Day — we’ve all had ‘em — puts her in the crosshairs of a Big Brother-like government institution designed to test her worthiness as a mother. In order to be reunited with her beloved daughter Harriet, Frida must enter a year-long reform program designed to turn her into a more “perfect” mother … which obviously won’t go well.

Dive into the novel that’s already been sparking conversations in book clubs everywhere with a protagonist you won’t forget — Frida is the fierce, imperfect, messy mother we can get behind. Pick up your copy today!