The Push (U)

Trade Paperback – Used

A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family, told through the eyes of a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped forand everything she feared.

Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, supportive mother she never had to her new baby Violet.

But in the thick of motherhoods exhausting early days, Blythe doesnt find the connection with her daughter she expected. Shes convinced that something is wrong with Violetthe little girl is distant, rejects affection, and becomes increasingly disruptive at preschool.

Or is it all in Blythes head? Her husband, Fox, says she is imagining things. Fox doesnt see what Blythe sees; he sees a wife who is struggling to cope with the day-to-day challenges of being a mother. And the more Fox dismisses her fears, the more Blythe begins to question her own sanity

Then their son Sam is bornand with him, Blythe has the natural maternal connection shed always dreamed of. 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 about herself, her past, and her daughter.

The Push is a rare and extraordinary gift to readers: a novel about the expectations of motherhood were taught not to challenge and what really happens behind the closed doors of even the most perfect-looking families. Its impossible to put down and impossible to forget.