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A review by bethreadsandnaps
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
4.25
4.25 stars
I love Ashley Audrain’s honest portrayals of women grappling with motherhood in THE PUSH and THE WHISPERS.
THE PUSH closely centers one mother/dynamic while this novel backs up the camera to zoom out on a neighborhood dynamic with four families.
Several months after a picnic where the neighborhood hears usually composed Whitney scream uncontrollably at her son Xavier, Xavier falls out of his bedroom window and is in a coma. One neighbor Rebecca is a doctor and struggling to conceive. Neighbor Blair is Whitney’s best friend, and her snooping casts suspicion on Whitney having an affair with Blair’s husband. And neighbor Mara has a prime view of Whitney’s house as she battles her own demons at her house.
The tense portrayal of all of these complicated, real feelings really made me think.
I love Ashley Audrain’s honest portrayals of women grappling with motherhood in THE PUSH and THE WHISPERS.
THE PUSH closely centers one mother/dynamic while this novel backs up the camera to zoom out on a neighborhood dynamic with four families.
Several months after a picnic where the neighborhood hears usually composed Whitney scream uncontrollably at her son Xavier, Xavier falls out of his bedroom window and is in a coma. One neighbor Rebecca is a doctor and struggling to conceive. Neighbor Blair is Whitney’s best friend, and her snooping casts suspicion on Whitney having an affair with Blair’s husband. And neighbor Mara has a prime view of Whitney’s house as she battles her own demons at her house.
The tense portrayal of all of these complicated, real feelings really made me think.