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The school for good mothers [eBook - NC Digital Library] : A novel by Jessamine Chan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Set in near-future America, [this novel] 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 [the] 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"--

Who reads The school for good mothers [eBook - NC Digital Library] : A novel?

Author

Jessamine Chan

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781982156138

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fantasy

Rating

4 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24