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The push ashley audrain review7/8/2023 The only mother who looked down at her daughter and thought, Please. The only mother who couldn’t pretend to function with her brain in the vise of sleeplessness. The only mother who couldn’t fight through the pain of newborn gums cutting like razor blades on her nipples. The only mother who couldn’t recover from having her perineum stitched from her anus to her vagina. “I felt like the only mother in the world who wouldn’t survive it. Aware of the lingering affects of her damaged past, Blythe hopes to be better for her daughter Violet, but soon learns that her idea of new motherhood might be too good to be true. Joining this new genre of ‘ mum noir’ is Ashley Audrain’s The Push, which tells the story of Blythe Connor – a mother with a harrowing past of abuse handed down over three generations of mother/daughter units. Up-and-coming female authors – some in the grips of new motherhood themselves – are finally veering away from Bridgerton-type bodice rippers and homing in on the complex psychology of becoming a mother, getting to grips with some of the more difficult-to-swallow truths that we’ve all been scared to think. In much the same way that streaming television has seen an influx of series showcasing the less glamorous side of motherhood (think Apple TV’s Trying and the Netflix hits Workin’ Moms and the The Letdown), fiction for moms has taken a sharp turn towards a dark corner and… You know what? Don’t mind if we do.
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