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?
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(Penguin, 3 March 2022, e-book, 336 pages, borrowed from Glasgow Libraries via BorrowBox, #POPSUGARReadingChallenge, a book by a first-time author)
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I've wanted to read this book since it was featured on Between The Covers. I love dystopian fiction and it sounded amazing. It was. My only complaint is that the book wasn't double it's actual length as I didn't want to leave Frida or her world. The book is an intense read at times as Frida learns just the cost of her mistake. I couldn't believe what mothers were put through in this book. The school of the title where Frida is sent to re-train with a robot child is both ridiculous and horrifying. My heart broke for Frida. I loved this.
