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Push : a novel
Author
Title
Push : a novel / by Sapphire.
ISBN
9780307474841
0307474844
9780679766759 (pbk.)
0679766758 (pbk.)
Published
New York : Vintage Contemporaries, [2009]
Physical Description
139, [40] p. ; 21 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN JWJ Zan Sa69 996Pc: Number line on t.p. verso indicates 1st printing: "D 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". Paperbound.
Notes
"First Vintage Contemporaries edition, May 1997." -- T.p. verso.
"Now a major motion picture"--Cover.
"Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover.
"Reader's Guide" (p. [38-40], second sequence).
"Sundance Festival Award Winner"--Cover.
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 : based on the novel Push
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 02, 2011
Subjects
Genre/Form
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
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