New

York Times

"A tour de force. Sue Miller goes straight to the dark heart of the matter of modern sexual morality."   — Russell Banks

Sue Miller’s critically acclaimed bestselling

novel about a woman torn between motherhood and sexuality.

Recently divorced, Anna Dunlap has two passionate

attachments: her daughter, four-year-old Molly, and her lover, Leo, the man who

makes her feel beautiful—and sexual—for the first time. Swept away by happiness

and passion, Anna feels she has everything she's ever wanted.

Then come the shocking charges that will threaten her new love,

her new "family". . . and that force her to prove she is a good

mother. 

An extraordinary, perceptive, and significant

novel, The Good Mother will continue

to resonate as strongly with readers today as when it was first published over

thirty years ago.