The School for Good Mothers: A Novel
In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance.
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Readers say *The School for Good Mothers* offers a striking dystopian take on motherhood, likening its chilling government control to classics like *1...
This book is not for everyone. It has elements of a dystopian society where the government defines who is and isn’t a good parent. Those who are deemed ‘bad’ parents are incarcerated and sent away to be rehabilitated to expected ‘good parent’ standards or lose their child. Although the setting is current day, it has a Fahrenheit 451 or 1984 feel to it. There is a lot of sadness in this book but I gave it an 8 because it’s not like any other book I have read lately and it was hard to put down!
What a ridiculous premise. Women are take. Away from children and sent to what can only be described as a reform school. They are given life-like robot dolls and asked to nurture them to prove they are good mothers.
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