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Push : a novel

Author: Sapphire
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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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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.
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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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by toya (WorldCat user published 2007-05-23) Excellent Permalink
i loved it.its a book u dont want to put down.
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