7/3/2023 0 Comments The push ashleyWithin a couple months, Violet starts sleeping more regularly, and the mother and daughter fall into a manageable routine. The only mother who looked down at her daughter and thought, Please. She writes, “I felt like the only mother in the world who wouldn’t survive it. For her first five days at home, Violet cries incessantly, causing sleeplessness and severe anxiety for Blythe. In a difficult labor, Blythe gives birth to baby Violet. Nevertheless, Blythe agrees to have a child, largely because she hopes to end the cycle of maternal trauma in her family: “I wanted to be anyone other than the mother I came from. Blythe is more anxious about parenthood her neglectful mother, Cecilia, abandoned her when she was 11, and Cecilia’s mother, Etta, abused her daughter physically and emotionally. They soon marry, and Fox is eager to have a child. After they graduate, Fox becomes a successful architect, and Blythe is a struggling writer. Fox now lives with his new partner, Gemma their toddler son, Jet and Violet, the teenage daughter of Blythe and Fox.īlythe narrates the idyllic early days of her relationship with Fox, whom she met in college. Most of the book’s chapters are presented as letters from Blythe to her estranged husband, Fox. This study guide refers to the 2021 edition published by Viking.
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