Blythe narrates as if she’s speaking directly to her husband and the technique provides for a wonderfully immersive and intimate read that culminates in one of the best last lines I’ve read in years, hands down.īottom line: This debut is a masterful mix of suspense and inventiveness, captivating from the first page-in other words, the exact thing we could all use right now.
But he’s out of the house most of the day and doesn’t see what she does-a young girl, devoid of empathy and incapable of affection.īlythe’s complicated feelings for her daughter are made more complicated by the arrival of a second child, a son she adores. Her husband disagrees, accuses Blythe of imagining things.
Her daughter Violet arrives and, overwhelmed and exhausted, Blythe decides there’s something very wrong with the child. A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK An intense psychological drama that will be embraced by serious book clubs and fans of Lionel Shrivers We Need to. The premise: A woman named Blythe, who is disinclined to motherhood, gets married and then pregnant. Hours later, there I was, reading the last page by iPhone flashlight, unaware of anything other than the world I’d just inhabited. And then, behold, I received a copy of The Push by Ashley Audrain.
No matter how much I’ve longed to read, or how many worthy books have found their way to me, I’ve been too distracted by the state of the world to stick with anything for long. Confession: it’s been a while since I’ve been able to read a book cover to cover.
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