*The West Branch Book Club will be hel
d at the Santori Library until further notice during West's renovations.
The West Branch Book Club reads a variety of contemporary f
iction and nonfiction and meets the last Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m
. in person and virtually via Zoom. Books are available for checkout at th
e West Branch. For more information\, contact discussion facilitator Becky
Clark at rclark@aurorapub
liclibrary.org \;or call 630-264-4262.
Book descriptio n:
\nBlythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm\, comfort ing mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had. But in the t hick of motherhood's exhausting early days\, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter&mdash\;she doesn't behave like most children do. Or is it all in Blythe's head? Her husband\, Fox\, says she's imagining things. The more Fox dismisses her fears\, the more Blythe begi ns to question her own sanity\, and the more we begin to question what Bly the is telling us about her life as well. Then their son Sam is born&mdash \;and with him\, Blythe has the blissful connection she'd always imagined with her child. Even Violet seems to love her little brother. But when lif e as they know it is changed in an instant\, the devastating fall-out forc es Blythe to face the truth. For fans of Verity and We Need t o Talk about Kevin\, The Push is a tour de force you will re ad in a sitting\, an utterly immersive novel that will challenge everythin g you think you know about motherhood\, about what we owe our children\, a nd what it feels like when women are not believed. (publisher descript ion) \;
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