Push (Revised) by Sapphire
In an electrifying novel, a black street girl, sixteen years old and pregnant, again, with her father's child, speaks. In a voice that shakes us by its language, its story, and its unflinching honesty, Precious Jones records her journey up from Harlem's lowest depths. For Precious, miraculously, hope appears and the world begins to open up when a courageous black woman - a teacher hellbent to teach - bullies, cajoles, and inspires her to learn to read, to define her own feelings and set them down in a diary: to discover the truth of her life. Day after day they go over the pages, translating the illiterate but developing language of Precious' journals. The learning process itself, as vividly revealed as the most brutal aspects of Precious' daily existence, is the heartbeat of a novel that will disturb, galvanize, and stay in the mind.
Sapphire is the author of two books of poetry, American Dreams and Black Wings & Blind Angels, and the New York Times bestselling novel The Kid. She lives and works in New York City.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780593314609 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593314603 |
| Title | Push (Revised) |
| Author | Sapphire |
| Series | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage |
| Year published | 2021-06-22 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Winner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |