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出版日期：2023.01.12
ISBN：9781529158526
書號：20289843
裝訂：平裝
定價：$450
【當媽怎麼那麼難？】
The School for Good Mothers
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Frida Liu是一位中國第二代移民母親，育有一女 Harriet。女兒出生不久，Frida 的丈夫就外遇並離開了Frida和Harriet母女倆，Frida只得一肩扛起撫養女兒的責任。兼顧工作和育兒的Frida蠟燭兩頭燒，女兒還太小，無法不時刻顧著，工作經常因此耽擱，就快保不住了。某天Frida不得不親自回公司一趟，但女兒無人照看，走投無路的Frida想：只去一下沒關係，Harriet沒事的。怎料Frida一出家門，許久沒有嘗到自由滋味的她，在街上東晃西晃，一去就是一小時。與此同時，Harriet 在家哭鬧被鄰居聽見了…
鄰居立即報警，Frida因此被冠上遺棄兒童的罪名。即使Frida費盡唇舌也無濟於事。為了說服警方和社工她是一名稱職的母親，Frida受到政府全面監控，不僅家中各個角落都安裝了監視系統，她還必須去一所「好媽媽學校」。好媽媽學校採取了先進的AI技術，利用擬真的兒童機器人輔助課程，還實施十分激烈的競爭制度，只有擠身前三才能獲得與孩子連絡的機會。Frida在這所學校真能順利生存下去嗎？只要上過這所學校，就能成為好媽媽嗎？
一個關於愛、完美主義與親子關係的故事。
Frida Liu had fed and changed her toddler Harriet. She had a work deadline - an article to finish, a job hanging by a thread, a file she'd left in the office. She would go get it. Harriet would be fine. But then the neighbours heard her crying.
Soon, the state will decide that Frida is not fit to care for her daughter. That she must be re-trained. That bad mothers everywhere will be re-educated. Will their mistakes cost them everything?
The School for Good Mothers
is an explosive and thrilling novel about love, perfectionism and parenthood.
Jessamine Chan’s short stories have appeared in Tin House and Epoch. A former reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, she holds an MFA from Columbia University and a BA from Brown University. Her work has received support from the Elizabeth George Foundation, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Wurlitzer Foundation, Jentel, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, the Anderson Center, VCCA, and Ragdale. She lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
