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Jessamine Chan: The School for Good Mothers (Paperback, 2022, Simon & Schuster)

In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother …

Review of 'The School for Good Mothers' on 'Goodreads'

Felt like an attempt to be the next Handmaid's Tale for white women to latch onto. Maybe an attempt to be a commentary on how women of color are perceived as mothers but was poorly executed, Frida was painted as one who barely did anything wrong compared to these other women because while she left her 1.5 year old alone at home for hours, at least she didn't hit her. The premise could have worked, but the book fell flat. I felt no sympathy for the characters and was left with many questions about the new CPS "system"