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Author:

Sapphire, 1950-

Title:

Push : a novel / by Sapphire.

Publisher:

Distributed by Random House,

Copyright Date:

2009, c1996

Description:

139, [38] p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

A Borzoi book.

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.

ISBN:

0679446265
9780679446262

OCLC:

(OCoLC)472664670

Locations:

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

HBPB755 -- Merrill Public Library (Merrill)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)