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Precious : a novel
Title:
Precious : a novel
Added Title:
Push.
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.
General Note:
Cover title.

"Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover.
Physical Description:
139 p. ; 20 cm.
Publisher:
Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books,
Publication Date:
1996
ISBN:
9780307474841
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, c1996.
Call Number:
SAPPHIR
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