The School for Good Mothers

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN OBAMA'S 2022 SUMMER READING PICK'A taut and propulsive take on the cult of motherhood and the notion of what makes a good mother. Destined to be feminist classic - it kept me up at night' PANDORA SYKES'A haunting tale of identity and motherhood - as devastating as it is imaginative' AFUA HIRSCH 'Incredibly clever, funny and pertinent to the world we're living in at the moment' DAISY JOHNSON'We have your daughter'Frida Liu is a struggling mother. She remembers taking Harriet from her cot and changing her nappy. She remembers giving her a morning bottle. They'd been up since four am.Frida just had to finish the article in front of her. But she'd left a file on her desk at work. What would happen if she retrieved it and came back in an hour? She was so sure it would be okay.Now, the state has decided that Frida is not fit to care for her daughter. That she must be re-trained. Soon, 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 and the pressures of perfectionism, parenthood and privilege.'A timely and remarkable debut' CARMEN MARIA MACHADO 'An absolutely gripping debut' FRANCHES CHA 'Original . . . Terrifying' NEW YORK TIMES'Explosive' OPRAH DAILY 'Enthralling' PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

ISBN:	9781529151329
Publisher:	Cornerstone
Imprint:	Hutchinson Heinemann
Published date:	03 Mar 2022
DEWEY:	813.6
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Sales rank:	9856
Number of pages:	400
Weight:	552g
Height:	165mm
Width:	243mm
Spine width:	34mm

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