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Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers

Frida Liu doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. She can’t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with Harriet, their cherubic daughter, does Frida finally attain the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has, but she is just enough. Until Frida has a very bad day. The state has its eyes on mothers like Frida. The ones who check their phones, letting their children get injured on the playground; who let their children walk home alone. Because of one moment of poor judgment, a host of government officials will now determine if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother’s devotion. Faced with the possibility of losing Harriet, Frida must prove that a bad mother can be redeemed.

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Win Up to 12 Copies of ETERNAL by Lisa Scottoline for Your Group

Each month, we ask book groups to share the titles they are reading that month and rate them. From all entries, three winners will be selected, and each will win up to 12 copies of that month’s prize book for their group. Note: To be eligible to win, let us know the title of the book that YOUR book group is CURRENTLY reading, NOT the title we are giving away.

Our latest prize book is ETERNAL, a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick that releases in paperback on February 1st. Fueled by shocking true events, Lisa Scottoline's first historical novel is the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome...in the creeping shadow of fascism. To enter, please fill out the form below by Wednesday, February 9th at 4pm ET.

 

Author Talk: Lisa Berne, author of The Redemption of Philip Thane: The Penhallow Dynasty

Jan 10, 2022

Lisa Berne’s celebrated Penhallow Dynasty series continues with the recently released sixth installment, THE REDEMPTION OF PHILIP THANE. In this interview, Berne discusses the novel’s setting, how she became a writer of historical romance, and the book that resonated with her the most as a child.

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Author Talk: Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers

Jan 6, 2022

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS is Jessamine Chan’s debut novel and this month’s “Read with Jenna” Today Show Book Club pick. It revolves around one lapse in judgment that lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance. In this interview, Chan talks about how she came to tell this particular story, her writing process and the research she conducted for the book, what surprised her the most when she became a mother, the concerns she had about motherhood and the impact it would have on her ability to write, the authors who have inspired her, and what she’s working on now.

December 20, 2021

'Tis the season for book groups to meet for the last time of the year. Some will be doing this in person at gatherings where books may, or may not, be discussed and holiday celebrating will be happening. Others will be meeting virtually.

My book group’s last meeting was two weeks ago via Zoom, and we had a great discussion about GOING THERE by Katie Couric, a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. We all enjoyed the book, and there was a very spirited discussion about it. Some members had to duck out and others came in later, but we still had a robust conversation, which was fun. If we were meeting in person, those who were arriving late might have opted to not come at all; this way, they were comfortable to drop in. And it was nice that they were able to pick up on the conversation thread and keep it going!

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