The Reeducation of a Mom
Jan 15, 2022
3 minutes
By JULIA M. KLEIN
Photograph by GRACIE HAMMOND
EVEN JUST READING ABOUT parenting can be exhausting. The compensatory pleasures — the tenderness of a child’s embrace, the excitement of first steps and first words, the depth of unconditional love — don’t really come through on the page. But the drudgery of parenting, with its repetitive tasks and seemingly unrelenting demands, is far easier to convey.
The case of 39-year-old Frida Liu, the intermittently sympathetic protagonist of Jessamine Chan’s debut novel, (Simon & Schuster), is complicated by her personal and career struggles. Her marriage to Gust, a man
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