The Push
Ashley Audrain
(Author)
Description
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKAn instant New York Times bestseller "Taut, chilling....Audrain has a gift for capturing the seemingly small moments that speak volumes about relationships."
--New York Times Book Review
"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 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. 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.
Product Details
Price
$26.00
$23.92
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books
Publish Date
January 05, 2021
Pages
320
Dimensions
6.2 X 9.3 X 1.1 inches | 1.1 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781984881663
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About the Author
ASHLEY AUDRAIN previously worked as the publicity director of Penguin Books Canada. Prior to Penguin, she worked in public relations. She lives in Toronto, where she and her partner are raising their two young children. The Push was her first novel; her second, The Whispers, will be published by Pamela Dorman Books in January 2022.
Reviews
"Starkly original and compulsively readable, Ashley Audrain's THE PUSH is a deep dive into the darkest nooks and crannies of motherhood. Raw, visceral, and often disturbing, this is an intense psychological drama that will be embraced by serious book clubs and fans of Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk about Kevin."
- Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author "With its riveting prose and deep convictions, Ashley Audrain's THE PUSH had me in its clutches from the first page. Audrain's astute portrayal of motherhood was unsettling in its insights, yet highly entertaining on the page. Complex, nuanced, and unflinching, I inhaled this debut in one sitting."
- Karma Brown, bestselling author of Recipe for a Perfect Wife
- Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author "With its riveting prose and deep convictions, Ashley Audrain's THE PUSH had me in its clutches from the first page. Audrain's astute portrayal of motherhood was unsettling in its insights, yet highly entertaining on the page. Complex, nuanced, and unflinching, I inhaled this debut in one sitting."
- Karma Brown, bestselling author of Recipe for a Perfect Wife