a novel based on the novel Push Sapphire 1950- creator text Domestic fiction. nyu New York Vintage Contemporaries [2009] 2009 monographic eng

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139 p. ; 21 cm. 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. by Sapphire. "Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover. Child abuse Fiction Incest Fiction Pregnant teenagers Fiction Literacy Fiction African American girls Fiction African Americans New York (State) New York Fiction Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction PS3569.A63 P74 2009 813/.54 9780307474841 0307474844 BTCTA 100129 20190501164508.0 368022334