The School for Good Mothers: 'Will resonate with fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere' ELLE

Jessamine Chan,THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN OBAMA'S 2022 SUMMER READING PICK A BETWEEN THE COVERS NOVEMBER 2022 PICK 'Will resonate with fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere' ELLE 'Destined to be a feminist classic - kept me up at night' PANDORA SYKES 'The Handmaid's Tale for the Squid Game generation' TELEGRAPH Frida Liu had fed and changed her toddler Harriet. She had a work deadline - an article to finish, a job hanging by a thread, a file she'd left in the office. She would go get it. Harriet would be fine. But then the neighbours heard her crying. Soon, the state will decide that Frida is not fit to care for her daughter. That she must be re-trained. That bad mothers everywhere will be re-educated. Will their mistakes cost them everything? The School for Good Mothers is an explosive and thrilling novel about love, perfectionism and parenthood. A riveting, thought-provoking read' DAILY MAIL 'A remarkable, propulsive novel' VOGUE 'A portrait of our fanatical culture of judgement against women, and mothers in particular' METRO Review: A remarkable, propulsive novel * Vogue * A gripping debut * Mail on Sunday * A wry, thoughtful novel * Spectator * The School For Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan . . . has become all too resonant given the rumblings behind Texas' anti-trans directive and it explores just how far the state could go when it comes to deciding what makes 'a good mother' * Stylist UK * A haunting tale of identity and motherhood - as devastating as it is imaginative -- Afua Hirsch