Finished: The Push (Audrain) This book was so intense that I finished it in a day. The terrifying story of a young woman who gives birth to her first child, a daughter, and doesn't bond with her right away...or ever. Blythe has a history of her own horrific mother and grandmother and feels certain she is also most likely not cut out to be a mother, but her husband, Fox, convinces her she'll be a wonderful mother. When baby Violet is born, there is no connection, but as it turns out, it's not due to Blythe. Very early on in her life, Violet shows sociopathic tendencies, but only Blythe sees it. Fox is blind to anything that Violet may do wrong. As the years continue on, it becomes clear that Violet is definitely a little sociopath, as she becomes responsible for two horrific tragedies involving younger children, one her own one-year old brother when she is just six. Fox and his family think that Blythe is the crazy one when she tries to convince them that Violet pushed Sam's stroller into oncoming traffic. Blythe even comes to doubt herself...did she really see the push? But, she knows that when she gave birth to Sam, she bonded instantly with him, so she knows for certain she's capable of  having the maternal bond that a mother has with a child. Eventually, Blythe and Fox's marriage crumbles after the tragedy, and he has an affair with his assistant and begins a life with her. Violet splits her time between Blythe and Fox, but she always detests having to go to her mother's. She adores her father and wants to spend all her time there. By the time Violet is 13, she's got a new little brother from her father and Gemma (the assistant), and they've become a seemingly happy family. Blythe seeks out Gemma to actually warn her about her own daughter, to watch her around Jet (the new brother). Gemma takes her husband's word that Blythe was the crazy one and that Violet wasn't responsible for the previous accidents. Blythe goes so far as to watch their family through the front window one night, and Violet sees her. As Violet stands with her hand on Jet's shoulder, she looks at Blythe with her cold, blank stare and makes a pushing motion to Blythe, indicating that she did in fact push Sam into the traffic. Blythe again tries to warn Gemma, but she hangs up on her. Eventually she learns to let go of the responsibility and get on with her life. A year and a half later, she gets a hysterical call from Gemma...something has happened to Jet. THAT'S THE END OF THE BOOK! omg, this was such a page-turner, even if the material is so disturbing. We get to read a bit about Blythe's mother's history and her grandmother's history, and finally about how Blythe's mother left her when she was only 11, never to come back. Thankfully, an amazing neighbor lady named Mrs. Ellington becomes a surrogate mother for Blythe, cultivating a relationship that lasts a lifetime. Unfortunately, Mrs. Ellington isn't around when Blythe is going through the worst time of her life and has not a single person to believe her or support her. Heartbreaking, but very good book!