Push: a novel

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 D...

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Main Author: Sapphire 1950- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Knopf 1996
Edition:1. ed.
Series:A Borzoi book
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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.
Physical Description:141 S., [19] Bl.
ISBN:0679446265

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