Sapphire 1950-

Push : a novel by Sapphire( 图书 )
56 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in 12 languages and held by 3,068 libraries worldwide
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.

The kid by Sapphire( 图书 )
6 editions published in 2011 in 英语 and held by 1,045 libraries worldwide
This book is Sapphire's latest, a sequel to Push coming 15 years after its publication and one year after Precious, the film based on Push, got Academy Award attention. It is the story of Precious's son, Abdul, opening on the day of his mother's funeral. This book brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, son of Sapphire's unforgettable heroine, Precious. It is a story of survival and awakening, and of one young man's remarkable strength. We meet Abdul at age nine, on the day of his mother's funeral. Left alone to navigate in a world where love and hate sometimes hideously masquerade, forced to confront unspeakable violence, his history, and the dark corners of his own heart, Abdul claws his way toward adulthood and toward an identity he can stand behind. In a generational story that moves with the speed of thought from a Mississippi dirt farm to Harlem in its heyday; from a troubled Catholic orphanage to downtown artist's lofts, this story tells of a twenty-first-century young man's fight to find a way to the future. Intimate, terrifying, deeply alive in Abdul's journey we are witness to an artist's birth by fire. -- From publisher's web site.

Black wings & blind angels : poems by Sapphire( 图书 )
7 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in 英语 and held by 601 libraries worldwide

American dreams by Sapphire( 图书 )
9 editions published between 1994 and 1996 in 英语 and held by 484 libraries worldwide

Precious by Sapphire( 音响资料 )
11 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 407 libraries worldwide
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.

Precious : based on the novel Push by Sapphire( 图书 )
4 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in 英语 and held by 298 libraries worldwide
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.

Keep simple ceremonies : the feminist spiritual community of Portland, Maine( 图书 )
3 editions published between 1992 and 1995 in 英语 and held by 61 libraries worldwide

Sapphire presents Pimp : the story of my life by Iceberg Slim( 图书 )
1 edition published in 1998 in 英语 and held by 36 libraries worldwide

Precious( visu )
5 editions published in 2010 in 3 languages and held by 24 libraries worldwide
"Lorsqu'à seize ans, Precious apprend à lire et à écrire dans une école alternative, un monde nouveau s'ouvre à elle. Un monde où elle peut enfin parler, raconter ce qui l'étouffe et apprendre à se battre pour elle et ses enfants."

Meditations on the rainbow : poetry by Sapphire( 图书 )
1 edition published in 1987 in 英语 and held by 22 libraries worldwide