![]() ![]() At the same time, I wanted to push back against the narrative that motherhood is always this natural, blissful thing. “They are totally normal, and the book is so much darker than anything I went through. I love my children,” Audrain, who landed “The Push” in a reported $3 million two-book deal, recently told Toronto Life. “My experience of motherhood was nothing like that of the mother in the book. But when something terrible happens that confirms Blythe’s fears about Violet, her life goes off the rails. When her son Sam is born, it is what she always imagined motherhood would be the mother-son bond is blissful and strong. Blythe begins to question herself and her own sanity, wondering if she’s imagining things. Her husband Fox thinks it’s all in Blythe’s head, a byproduct of missed sleep and maternal hormones, perhaps. As Violet gets older, that feeling only grows: Too many “accidents” seem to happen whenever Violet is around, too many children suddenly falling off playground structures, too many household items destroyed, all met with a cold stare that seems creepily mature beyond her years. ![]() ![]() In the thick fog of new motherhood and all its sleepless nights, Blythe becomes convinced there is something wrong with her daughter Violet. ![]() When she becomes pregnant, Blythe Connor is determined to be the kind of warm, caring mother she herself never had. ![]()
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