Lauren Z

The Push, which is a debut novel is a psychological thriller that tells the story of three generations of women who have been abused and are passing on their traumas through these generations. The difficult circumstance that Blythe finds herself in is her inability to know what a good mother is or how to become a good mother. She doesn’t have the confidence to trust her own instincts. So, when she finally had her daughter, Violet, nothing seems to be the way it should but how can she truly know. This book makes you think about how fragile mother daughter relationships are and where does the poor treatment between them originate. Blythe is trying to change the sequences of abuse, but her husband is dismissive and provides no support. Thankfully she has a clue what it means to be a real mother by her relationship with a neighbor growing up who gave her real love. All I can say is that it has been a long time since the very last paragraph changed the entire book for me. I read this book in one sitting.