Ratings156
Average rating3.9
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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I do think this book was extremely interesting but I don't think the idea is necessarily original. I did enjoy my time reading it but I don't think this book will have a lasting impact on me.
Que angústia foi esse livro. Durante toda a leitura eu me senti desconfortável lendo, mas não conseguia parar. É esse tipo de livro mesmo, que é bom mas difícil de engolir.
Não falo mais pra não dar spoiler. Se for ler, aconselho a não procurar muito sobre ele antes. Quantos menos souber sobre o plot, melhor vai ser a leitura.
thank you to this book for reminding me that some people are not meant to be parents and it is highly likely that i am one of those people