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The Push

By: Ashley Audrain
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
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'I will never forget her eyes in that moment - I couldn't look away from them. But I knew what happened as soon as I heard it.

'I think she pushed him,' I said to you quietly. 'I think she pushed him...'

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'I read it in one sitting. Not to be missed' Lisa Jewell
'Unsettling, visceral, provocative, compulsive' Sarah Vaughan
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The arrival of baby Violet was meant to be the happiest day of my life. But as soon as I held her in my arms I knew something wasn't right. I had always known that the women in my family aren't meant to be mothers.

My husband Fox says I'm imagining it. He tells me I'm nothing like my own mother, and that Violet is the sweetest child.

But she's different with me. Something feels very wrong.

Is it her? Or is it me? Is she the monster? Or am I?

The Push is an unsettling, breathtaking and powerful read about obsession and our deepest fears that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

© Ashley Audrain 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

 Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Marriage Fiction Exciting Scary Thriller

Critic Reviews

Utterly addictive (Paula Hawkins)
The mother of all thrillers! Like The Girl on the Train - but better!
A gripping debut that explores and manipulates the fears and insecurities of mothers everywhere . . . Well thought out, vividly realised and gripping
An inventive twist on the psychological thriller formula . . . Audrain sustains the suspense expertly through assured handling of her unravelling protagonist's voice
Ashley dares us to find the relatable in the worst we can imagine . . . the knife-edge between relatability and horror keeps the reader hooked
I was gripped from the first word to the last. I've been wanting a book to take me back to how I felt when I first read We Need to Talk About Kevin. When you close the book but can't function until you know how it ends ... I really recommend this one (Dawn O'Porter)
I was gripped . . . dazzling and gloriously complete (Daisy Buchanan)
The Push was a poetic, propulsive read that set my nerves jangling in both horror and recognition. I read it one sitting and it stayed with me for days afterwards. Not to be missed (Lisa Jewell)
A compelling, compulsively readable thriller that never lets up and will keep you guessing right to the very last page
Powerful and immersive (Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters)
All stars
Most relevant
Difficult to describe why this book was so good. I couldn’t stop listening, and needed to know what was going to happen next. I can highly recommend this audio book.

So glad I choose this book.

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The best audiobook I have listened to this year. I could not focus on anything else ntil I finished it. Beautiful, tense and very well written. I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

Could not stop

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Wow......just wow! This book is brilliant! It had me hooked from start to finish - I smashed it out in 2 days and can’t rate this highly enough. I am not a parent so I thought I wouldn’t really connect with it but boy was I wrong! A very real concept that gave a voice to something not spoken about within society. Wonderfully crafted novel 🤩

Wow!

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Hugely captivating, Excellently written with a very interesting take on Nature vs Nurture. I lost sleep then was late to work because I NEEDED to know how it would end! The Narrator was perfect. I can't fault this book.

Brilliantly Dark

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Not my usual style of reading, however I really enjoyed this book which kept me wondering right up until the end! Interesting concept of “Nature versus Nurture”. The narrator was superb too!

Interesting!

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