Precious
An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its brutal honesty, Push recounts a young black street-girl's horrendous and redemptive journey through a Harlem inferno. For Precious Jones, 16 and pregnant with her father's child, miraculous hope appears and the world begins to open up for her when a courageous, determined teacher bullies, cajoles, and inspires her to learn to read, to define her own feelings and set them down in a diary.
From the Hardcover edition.
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From the Hardcover edition.
Precious
An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its brutal honesty, Push recounts a young black street-girl's horrendous and redemptive journey through a Harlem inferno. For Precious Jones, 16 and pregnant with her father's child, miraculous hope appears and the world begins to open up for her when a courageous, determined teacher bullies, cajoles, and inspires her to learn to read, to define her own feelings and set them down in a diary.
From the Hardcover edition.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169089615 |
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| Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
| Publication date: | 10/20/2009 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Sales rank: | 771,906 |
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