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Push : a novel
Author
Title
Push : a novel / by Sapphire.
ISBN
0679446265
9780679446262
9780307474841
0307474844
9780009942488
0009942483
0679766758
9780679766759
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1996.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
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, a young black woman, bullies, cajoles and inspires her to learn to read. By the author of American Dreams.
Variant and related titles
Precious
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 21, 2021
Subjects
Genre/Form
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Also listed under
United States New York (State) New York.
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