Age Group:
Adults 18+Program Description
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Meet us at Tapped Crafthouse in Red Mill Commons to discuss this month’s selected title: School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan. Book club copies are available for check-out at the Princess Anne information desk. Adults ages 18 and up. Registration required.
Book Description:
Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn't have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents' sacrifices. She can't persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with Harriet, their cherubic daughter, does Frida finally attain the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has, but she is just enough. Until, Frida has a very bad day. The state has its eyes on mothers like Frida. The ones who check their phones, letting their children get injured on the playground; who let their children walk home alone. Because of one moment of poor judgment, a host of government officials will now determine if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a parent's devotion. Faced with the possibility of losing Harriet, Frida must prove that a bad mother can be redeemed. That she can learn to be good.
Next Month's Title: A Good Neighborhood