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Push : a novel

Title
Push : a novel / by Sapphire.
Author
Sapphire, 1950-
Publication
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

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Description
141 p.; 20 cm.
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Domestic fiction.
  • Bildungsromans.
Call Number
Sc C 96-67
ISBN
  • 0679446265
  • 9780679446262
LCCN
96016516
OCLC
34557216
Author
Sapphire, 1950-
Title
Push : a novel / by Sapphire.
Imprint
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Research Call Number
Sc C 96-67
JFC 96-2444
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