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| Genre/Form: | Domestic fiction Bildungsromans Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sapphire |
| ISBN: | 0679446265 9780679446262 |
| OCLC Number: | 34557216 |
| Description: | 141 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Responsibility: | by Sapphire. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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.
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