The Push: A GMA Book Club Pick by Ashley Audrain
on January 4, 2022
Genres: Fiction / Family Life / General, Fiction / Thrillers / Domestic, Fiction / Women
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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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.
This family drama follows three generations of dysfunctional women who have trouble connecting to their daughters. This book was written with such honest emotion that it sucked me right in. I remember the pain of child birth, the exhausted state I existed in while caring for a constantly crying new born and, the feelings of inadequacy as a new mother. It was so raw and real! Although I never felt like my baby didn’t love me, I could get what she was experiencing. The story lines of the three women and the pattern of dysfunction which followed was heartbreaking. There were several times, particularly in Blythe’s story where just so darn sad, t brought me to tears. The actual plot was fascinating, but hard to read at times.
I rated this novel four stars. At the end, after reading about sad things, I was very disappointed about the last page or two. I read his whole sad book and I wanted a more thorough wrap up. But that’s just me. Everyone else cannot stop raving about it so it’s probably me and my obsession for overly detailed Scooby Doo ending where nothing is left to chance. I would recommend it to anyone who doesn’t mind a bit of sadness and an ending, which does have resolution, just not as much as I needed.
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