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Push / a novel by Sapphire.
A self-portrait of a black teenage girl named Precious, whose father rapes her and whose mother batters her. When she becomes pregnant with a second child by her father, she meets a determined and radical teacher, who bullies, cajoles and inspires Precious to learn to read.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593314609
- ISBN: 0593314603
- Physical Description: xv, 217 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Second Vintage Contemporaries edition ; 25th anniversary edition.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "With a new preface by Tayari Jones and a new afterword by the author"--Cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | African American girls > Fiction. African Americans > Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. Teenage mothers > Fiction. Child abuse > Fiction. Literacy > Fiction. Incest > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Bildungsromans. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cambria County Library | URBAN FICTION Sap (Text) | 85131001773721 | CACM Urban Fiction | Available | - |
