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The school for good mothers : (Record no. 62302)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field on1226073462
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field OCoLC
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20220215153537.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2020046841
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781982156121
Qualifying information (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1982156120
Qualifying information (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 9781982156138
Qualifying information (paperback)
International Standard Book Number 1982156139
Qualifying information (paperback)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)on1226073462
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency OCLCO
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042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PS3603.H35577
Item number S36 2022
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813/.6
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chan, Jessamine,
Relator term author.
9 (RLIN) 119908
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The school for good mothers :
Remainder of title a novel /
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Simon & Schuster,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2022.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 324 pages ;
Dimensions 24 cm
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "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, are under constant surveillance. If they don't pass all the school's tests, their parental rights will be terminated. Inspired by dystopian classics such as 1984, Never Let Me Go, and The Handmaid's Tale, the novel eviscerates the dominant American parenting culture, while highlighting the tragedy of state-sponsored family separation. Is there one right way to mother? Can a bad mother ever be redeemed? With warmth, heart, and dark humor, the novel tells a timeless story of a mother fighting to win back her child, and her struggle to hold onto her integrity while being indoctrinated"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Chinese American women
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 119909
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Single mothers
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 119910
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Motherhood
Form subdivision Fiction.
9 (RLIN) 119911
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Fiction.
Source of term fast
9 (RLIN) 119912
Genre/form data or focus term Science fiction.
Source of term gsafd
9 (RLIN) 119913
Genre/form data or focus term Dystopias.
Source of term gsafd
9 (RLIN) 2636
Genre/form data or focus term Science fiction.
Source of term lcgft
9 (RLIN) 119913
Genre/form data or focus term Dystopian fiction.
Source of term lcgft
9 (RLIN) 119914
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Online version:
Main entry heading Chan, Jessamine.
Title School for good mothers
Place, publisher, and date of publication New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022
International Standard Book Number 9781982156145
Record control number (DLC) 2020046842
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type F
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Full call number Barcode Number Koha item type
    Fiction Chamberlin Free Public Library Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction 02/15/2022 Brodart. F CHA 34480000584569 F