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During World War II, 70,000 Finnish children were shipped off to Swedish families who had agreed to shelter them for their own protection until the en...
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Aug 27, 7:00pm
Regent Place Branch
Engage in a discussion about The School For Good Mothers by Jessamien Chan. New book club members are always welcome! Books and snacks provided.
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This is an in-person program. No registration is required.
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan.
"Set in near-future America, The School for Good Mothers introduces readers to a government-run reform program where bad mothers are retrained using robot doll children with artificial intelligence. Protagonist Frida Liu, a 39-year-old Chinese-American single mother in Philadelphia, loses custody of her 18-month-old daughter, Harriet, after she leaves Harriet home alone for two hours on one very bad day. To regain custody, Frida must spend a year at a newly-created institution, where she practices parenting with bad mothers from all over the county. There, she learns to love an uncannily life-like toddler girl doll in order to demonstrate her maternal instincts and prove to her family court judge that she deserves a second chance. Frida is an outsider in every way: better educated, more affluent, and the only Asian. The mothers, whose transgressions range from benign to horrific, a...
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