IN-PERSON - Jessamine Chan | The School for Good Mothers

Thu Jan 27 2022 at 07:30 pm to 08:30 pm

Parkway Central Library | Philadelphia

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IN-PERSON - Jessamine Chan | The School for Good Mothers
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A debut novel about a dedicated mother who, due to a single lapse in judgment, finds herself pitted against the government.
About this Event

In conversation with Liz Moore

Co-sponsored by Blue Stoop

A former reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, Jessamine Chan has published short stories in Tin House and Epoch. She has received residencies and fellowships from various organizations, including the Elizabeth George Foundation, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Ragdale Foundation. In The School for Good Mothers, praised by Carmen Maria Machado as “a timely and remarkable debut” novel, Chan tells the story of Frida Liu, an otherwise dedicated mother who, due to a single lapse in judgment, finds herself pitted against the government and in danger of losing custody of her child Harriet.

Liz Moore is the bestselling author of Long Bright River, The Words of Every Song, Heft, and The Unseen World. A creative writing professor in the M.F.A. program at Temple University, her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Tin House and The New York Times, among other places.

Masks are required at all times while in the building.

Books will be available for purchase at the library on event night.

A book signing will follow the presentation.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, United States

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