The School for Good Mothers

The premise drew me in, it's a chilling dystopia where mothers are held to impossible standards and judged for everything they do. There's so much tension, despair, and gaslighting that it makes you question your own perceptions of what being a good mother means.  As much as that reeled me in, the book felt repeatitive and drawn out. There were also elements of world building that seemed unfinished. It was a good book, but had potential to better.

It's like Frida was actively looking for ways to avoid receiving any kind of empathy from the reader.

If this were the best modern Science Fiction had to offer, we'd be properly fucked.

At first, I thought this was sad, and then I thought it was so funny. It was still sad too, but I couldn't put it down.
I believe every mother can relate to having a very bad day. Unfortunately, Frida Liu had a bad day that impacted her toddler child and changed her life completely. Frida loses custody of her daughter and has to go to a school for bad mothers. But it's not any school, it's a year long and mother's are not allowed to leave. It is basically a prison. Some of the other mothers at the school have done much worse, but then there is the mother of a grown child who “mother's” him too much, and treats him as a small child (funny). The school teaches them that they are bad and how to be good. But as time passes, and the women are kept from their children, family and friends, they all begin to display signs of depression. I want everyone to read this book. There is actually some good information , but it also explains what not to do when being a parent. I want to read more by this author.