The Push
The PushAshley Audrain
Characters in The Push
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Blythe Connor
A new mother convinced something is wrong with her daughter, and unsure she can trust herself.
Supporting characters
Fox Connor
Blythe's husband, who sees an ordinary child and a struggling wife.
Violet Connor
Blythe and Fox's first child, whose behaviour Blythe finds increasingly hard to explain to anyone else.
Sam Connor
Blythe and Fox's second child.
Cecilia (The Push)
Blythe's mother, who struggled to embrace motherhood herself and abandoned the family when Blythe was twelve.
Etta (The Push)
Blythe's grandmother, whose cruelty toward her own daughter is part of the family's inherited pattern of maternal instability.