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The Push: A GMA Book Club Pick
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A Good Morning America Book Club Pick A New York Times bestseller!
"Utterly addictive." --Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train
"Hooks you from the very first page and will have you racing to get to the end."--Good Morning America
A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family--and a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for--and everything she feared
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Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had.
But in the thick of motherhood's exhausting early days, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter--she doesn't behave like most children do.
Or is it all in Blythe's head? Her husband, Fox, says she's imagining things. The more Fox dismisses her fears, the more Blythe begins to question her own sanity, and the more we begin to question what Blythe is telling us about her life as well.
Then their son Sam is born--and with him, Blythe has the blissful connection she'd always imagined with her child. Even Violet seems to love her little brother. But when life as they know it is changed in an instant, the devastating fall-out forces Blythe to face the truth.
For fans of Verity and We Need to talk about Kevin, The The Push is a tour de force you will read in a sitting, an utterly immersive novel that will challenge everything you think you know about motherhood, about what we owe our children, and what it feels like when women are not believed.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9781984881687
EAN:
9781984881687
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
352
Authors:
Ashley Audrain
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Published Date: 2022-04-01
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The narrative style was jarring initially, the F.M.C. telling her story to her estranged husband. My unfamiliarity with the narration made me shelve the novel for a time.I’m glad I came back to it because it’s a fine exploration of nature vs nurture, societal expectations of mothers, changing relationship dynamics following child birth, divorce and much more.Alexa read this to me. I often got confused about whose story I was hearing. The last chapter was in third person which took me out of the story.I recommend this to anyone interested in modern motherhood and the complexities of human nature.
Thrilling and haunting story about generational trauma. Would read a million times over! Loved every page!
I loved this book. Poor Blythe, you could feel Blythe's pain through the pages. And no one would listen. I'm not a crier and I cried twice reading it. Very good read
I certainly read this too early in my postpartum journey. If you’re far enough removed from this period of life, read it. It’s addictive. It’s sad. It’s heart breaking. 5 stars because I willThink about this book for the rest of my life.
I’ll admit the story kept me interested and was a page turner but there were some real eye roll worthy scenes and portions. And then some just nonsense. But overall I think it was totally fine and readable.