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A review by j_sunday
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
2.0
Frida Liu slips out of the house in South Philly leaving her 18-month-old daughter, Harriet, behind. She will be gone shortly to stop at the coffee shop and to pick up a file from work...and maybe read a few e-mails. Two hours later, she returns home only to find herself in trouble. One of the neighbors called the police when they heard her baby crying.
She is now accused of being a bad mother at 39 years old and taken to a locked-up placed much like a prison for women. Social workers are there to help her become a good mother. While she's there, she is taught lessons by role playing with a doll which she named Emmanuelle. The doll looks similar to her daughter and is helping her learn to be patient, helpful, aware and all the good parenting stuff.
Before that, her 42-year-old husband, Gust, asked her to leave their Brooklyn home which she loved when he got a new job in Philly. She had to establish herself again with a job and friends and then discovered she was pregnant. Two months later, her not-so-trusting husband fell in love with a red-headed 28-year-old dancer with a trust fund. He decides to divorce Frida and gives her $500 a month for child care with shared custody. Gust ends up enjoying the good life. He now has Harriet full time with his new girlfriend while his x-wife has been sent away - seriously depressed.
The first couple of chapters were interesting. The rest...not so much. The plot keeps going and going with a predictable ending. But I could see this becoming a Netflix series someday as it's filled with unpretentious drama.
She is now accused of being a bad mother at 39 years old and taken to a locked-up placed much like a prison for women. Social workers are there to help her become a good mother. While she's there, she is taught lessons by role playing with a doll which she named Emmanuelle. The doll looks similar to her daughter and is helping her learn to be patient, helpful, aware and all the good parenting stuff.
Before that, her 42-year-old husband, Gust, asked her to leave their Brooklyn home which she loved when he got a new job in Philly. She had to establish herself again with a job and friends and then discovered she was pregnant. Two months later, her not-so-trusting husband fell in love with a red-headed 28-year-old dancer with a trust fund. He decides to divorce Frida and gives her $500 a month for child care with shared custody. Gust ends up enjoying the good life. He now has Harriet full time with his new girlfriend while his x-wife has been sent away - seriously depressed.
The first couple of chapters were interesting. The rest...not so much. The plot keeps going and going with a predictable ending. But I could see this becoming a Netflix series someday as it's filled with unpretentious drama.