![]() ![]() I found it utterly fascinating and mesmerising to the point I couldn’t stop reading.Īudrain seemed to think of everything from Blythe’s upbringing, a largely absent mother, who was at times cruel, heartless, loveless, distant and unreachable. What followed was an outpouring of consciousness, of asking where it all went wrong, of internal conversations as to the rights and wrongs of motherly instinct and feelings. ![]() That’s when Audrain took us back to the beginning to Blythe’s life as a young girl, as a student, a girlfriend, a wife and finally a mother, the source of what we were about to read full of torment, anguish and love. ![]() Where or where did Audrain send her mind and thoughts when she wrote The Push? It felt so personal, so deep, so affecting that when I closed the final page, I had to take a deep breath, close my eyes and think about what I had just read. Wow! I consumed this book in two heartrending sittings, it was that good. The Push i s a heart-pounding exploration of motherhood, obsession and the terrible price of unconditional love. My husband Fox says I’m imagining it, but she’s different with me. I have always known that the women in my family weren’t meant to be mothers. The arrival of baby Violet was meant to be the happiest day of my life.īut as soon as I held her in my arms, I knew something wasn’t right. ‘The women in this family, we’re different. What if your experience of motherhood was nothing like what you hoped for – but everything you always feared? The Push by Ashley Audrain Michael J Books January 7th 2021 ![]()
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