The School for Good Mothers
by Jessamine Chan
Taste attributes: dramascience fictionpoliticalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA heightened novel that is moving, original and contained. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.3 / 5
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About This Book
Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. What’s worse is she can’t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with their angelic daughter Harriet does Frida finally feel she’s attained the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has, but she’s just enough.
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- Author
- Jessamine Chan
- Published
- 2022
- Pages
- 336
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- Open Library
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