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Author:

Sapphire, 1950-

Title:

Push : a novel / by Sapphire.

Edition:

1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.

Publisher:

Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books,

Copyright Date:

1997, c1996

Description:

139, [38] p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Child abuse--Fiction.
Incest--Fiction.
Teenage mothers--Fiction.
Literacy--Fiction.
African American girls--Fiction.
African Americans--New York--New York--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
African Americans--Harlem, New York City--Fiction.

Summary:

Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled story" ("Newsday") is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption.

ISBN:

1435242246
9781435242241
9780679766759
0679766758

OCLC:

(OCoLC)37225301

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