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Push : A Novel / by Sapphire.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0679766758 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780679766759
- ISBN: 9780307474841 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780099548720
- ISBN: 9780679766759 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 139 p. : ill ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage, 1997, c1996.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Movie tie-in edition includes the novel Push and a reader's guide. Movie tie-in edition's cover title: "Precious". |
| Awards Note: | Winner of the 1997 First Novelist Award from BCALA. |
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| Genre: | Black fiction. Domestic fiction. Domestic fiction. Bildungsromane. Diary fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Gibsons Public Library | FIC SAPP (Text) | 30886000376117 | Adult Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
| LDR | 01961nam a2200517 a 4500 | ||
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| 500 | . | ‡aMovie tie-in edition's cover title: "Precious". | |
| 520 | . | ‡aA 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. | |
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