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Push : a novel
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Push : a novel
-- Precious :
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A self-portrait of a black teenage girl, big, fat, unloved, with a father who rapes her and a jealous mother who screams abuse. For Precious, as she is called, hope appears when a courageous teacher bullies, cajoles and inspires her to learn to read. By the author of American Dreams.
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Push : a novel -- Precious :
Call No
F SAP
Authors
Sapphire, 1950-
Subjects
African Americans--Fiction.
Teenage mothers--Fiction.
African American girls--Fiction.
Child abuse--Fiction.
Literacy--Fiction.
Incest--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Language
English
Published
New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 2009, 1997.
Publication Desc
139, [40] p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN
9780307474841
Dimensions
21 cm.
Awards Note
"Sundance Festival Award Winner"--Cover.
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