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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Sapphire, 1950-     Subjects     Sexually abused girls -- Fiction.     Child abuse -- Fiction.     Incest -- Fiction.     Pregnant schoolgirls -- Fiction.     Overweight teenagers -- Fiction.     Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.     Literacy -- Fiction.     Girls, Black -- Fiction.     Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sapphire, 1950-       by title:      Push : a novel / by ...       by call number:      FICTION SAP     Search the Web     Sapphire, 1950-     Sexually abused girls -- Fiction.     Child abuse -- Fiction.     Incest -- Fiction.     Pregnant schoolgirls -- Fiction.     Overweight teenagers -- Fiction.     Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.     Literacy -- Fiction.     Girls, Black -- Fiction.     Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Push : a novel / by Sapphire. by Sapphire, 1950- Vintage, 1997, c1996. Call #: FICTION SAP Subjects Sexually abused girls -- Fiction.   Child abuse -- Fiction.   Incest -- Fiction.   Pregnant schoolgirls -- Fiction.   Overweight teenagers -- Fiction.   Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.   Literacy -- Fiction.   Girls, Black -- Fiction.   Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780679766759 (Vintage Contemporaries trade pbk.) 9780307474841 (Vintage Contemporaries trade pbk. movie tie-in ed.) Alternate title:  Precious Description:  139, [38] p. ; 21 cm. Notes:  Movie tie-in edition includes the novel Push and a reader's guide. Movie tie-in edition's cover title: "Precious". 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. Awards:  Winner of the 1997 First Novelist Award from BCALA. Genre:  Black fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Fiction FICTION SAP Adult Trade Paperback Books On Order Add Copy to MyList

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