The Push

Interview:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/01/ashley-audrain-the-push-author-interview

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Is Blythe a reliable narrator? Can we trust her version of things?
2. Do you think Violet is evil?
3. How is Blythe and Violet’s relationship different from Etta’s with Cecilia or Cecilia and Blythe’s? How is it similar?
4. What legacy did Blythe’s mother and grandmother leave?
5. What are your feelings and observations about Fox? Was he manipulative?
6. Gaslighting – noun – manipulate (someone) using psychological methods into questioning their own sanity or powers of reasoning.”in the first episode, Karen Valentine is being gaslighted by her husband” Do you think Blythe was being gaslighted by her husband?
7. What is the role of grief in The Push?
8. Were you satisfied with the portrait of the Connor’s marriage?
9. What did you think of the ending?
10. Is the author impartial, or do you think she takes sides in the way she tells the story?
11. What did you think of the book’s organization?
12. How did you find the writing?
13. What did you most and least like about The Push?