{"id":43112,"date":"2022-01-17T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=43112"},"modified":"2022-01-12T17:55:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:55:39","slug":"januarys-celebrity-book-club-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/januarys-celebrity-book-club-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"January’s Celebrity Book Club Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a new month which means that Jenna Bush Hager and Reese Witherspoon have picked new books for their book clubs! Reminder that if you join our\u00a0Best Sellers Club<\/a>, these titles will automatically be put on hold for you.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Jenna Bush Hager has selected\u00a0The School for Good Mothers<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Jessamine Chan.<\/p>\n

Curious what The School for Good Mothers <\/strong><\/em><\/a>is about? Check out the following description provided by the publisher.<\/p>\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n

Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn\u2019t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents\u2019 sacrifices. What\u2019s worse is she can\u2019t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with their angelic daughter Harriet does Frida finally feel she\u2019s attained the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has, but she\u2019s just enough.<\/em><\/p>\n

Until Frida has a horrible day.<\/em><\/p>\n

The state has its eyes on mothers like Frida \u2014 ones who check their phones while their kids are on the playground; who let their children walk home alone; in other words, mothers who only have one lapse of judgement. Now, a host of government officials will determine if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother\u2019s devotion. Faced with the possibility of losing Harriet, Frida must prove that she can live up to the standards set for mothers \u2014 that she can learn to be good.<\/em><\/p>\n

This propulsive, witty page-turner explores the perils of \u201cperfect\u201d upper-middle-class parenting, the violence enacted upon women by the state and each other, and the boundless love a mother has for her daughter.<\/em><\/p>\n

This book is also available in the following format:<\/p>\n