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Narrated by:
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Marin Ireland
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By:
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Ashley Audrain
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
'The women in this family, we're different....'
Blythe Connor doesn't want history to repeat itself.
Violet is her first child and she will give her daughter all the love she deserves. All the love that her own mother withheld.
But firstborns are never easy. And Violet is demanding and fretful. She never smiles. Soon Blythe believes she can do no right - that something's very wrong. Either with her daughter, or herself.
Her husband, Fox, says she's imagining it. But Violet's different with him. And he can't understand what Blythe suffered as a child. No one can.
Blythe wants to be a good mother. But what if that's not enough for Violet? Or her marriage? What if she can't see the darkness coming?
Mother and daughter. Angel or monster?
We don't get to choose our inheritance - or who we are....
The Push is an addictive, gripping and compulsive listen that asks what happens when women are not believed - and what if motherhood isn't everything you hoped for but everything you always feared?
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- Rebecca Ambrose
- 27-03-21
Brilliant book but tough subject matter
What a book! A story of nature vs nurture, whether motherhood and also just naturally being a good person come naturally, or whether we can be the products of our upbringing and our family past. We meet Multiple generations of women of the same family - mostly told through the lens of Blythe, new mother - who all experience darkness.
This book is one where I exclaimed to myself out loud on many occasions. There were moments I felt I could barely keep listening (though there was no way I was going to stop listening) and I found myself listening to other parts and nodding my head (the first-time/new mum fog of tiredness and worries) but this is a dark, dark book, absolutely not for the faint hearted, or those in the headspace for such a topic. Would thoroughly recommend otherwise.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-04-21
Amazing!
I can’t say enough good things about this book, starting with a beautifully accurate account of post natal depression and a new mother’s experience, it is both gripping and moving. There is such depth of character as the story looks back over generations of mother daughter relationships. There are no major twists but a slow burning sinister plot line. I finished this is 2 days and wish it lasted longer. Amazing book
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- Anonymous User
- 17-04-21
Wow!
This is the best book I've ever read/heard. Need more please!! The story isn't over yet.
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- nina
- 11-11-21
Chilling
The audible version of this book was so well read I was fully immersed.
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- Kevin Goodluck
- 06-04-22
Emotive, psychological, well written
This made for a gripping and emotive read, slightly uncomfortable at certain points but compelling and well narrated. 5 stars
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- Rainbow Cool Stuff
- 18-04-22
Wow
I usually listen to audiobooks is short to medium chunks, as otherwise I find my mind starts to wander and I lose track of who is who and what is happening. In this case I binge listened over two days of a bank holiday whilst doing housework and gardening and I was riveted. For a debut novel it is very well paced and well written and the story is good. I will definitely be reading more by this author as soon as the next book is published. Disturbing and heartaching
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- K Hassell
- 07-03-21
Absolutely loved this
Wonderful book, beautifully written and read. Am bereft it is over. Highly recommended. Powerful and compelling.
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- NutShell
- 11-05-21
I was engrossed!
A fabulous and terrifying look at motherhood and the notion of the maternal. I devoured it. Cleverly written and perfectly narrated. Loved it.
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- Sally Goulden
- 28-04-21
Written perfectly
I loved the style of writing and managed to lose myself in it. The story was gripping though did not offer much in the way of a shock or unexpected twist. It doesn't really need that either. I am looking forward to more from the author
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- Barbara Russ-Weightman
- 04-03-21
Gripping
Loved It, so well read. couldn't put it down heartbreaking and terrifying unafraid to approach difficult subjects
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