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Push : = a novel /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Push :/ by Sapphire.
Reminder of title:	a novel /
remainder title:	Precious :
Author:	Sapphire,
Published:	New York :Vintage, : 2009.,
Description:	139, [40] p. ;21 cm.;
Notes:	"First Vintage Contemporaries edition, May 1997." -- T.p. verso.
Subject:	Incest - Fiction. -
Subject:	Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -
ISBN:	9780307474841 (pbk.) :

Push : = a novel /
Sapphire,1950-

Push :a novel /Precious :based on the novel Pushby Sapphire. - New York :Vintage,2009. - 139, [40] p. ;21 cm.

"First Vintage Contemporaries edition, May 1997." -- T.p. verso.

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: 9780307474841 (pbk.) :NT437Subjects--Topical Terms:

879563
Incest
--Fiction.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

646943
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

LC Class. No.: PS3569.A63 / P74 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 813.54

Push : = a novel /
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300 $a 139, [40] p. ; $c 21 cm.
500 $a "First Vintage Contemporaries edition, May 1997." -- T.p. verso.
500 $a "Now a major motion picture"--Cover.
500 $a "Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover.
500 $a "Reader's Guide" (p. [38-40], second sequence)
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650 # 0 $a Child abuse $v Fiction. $3 879562
650 # 0 $a African American girls $v Fiction. $3 879561
650 # 0 $a Teenage mothers $v Fiction. $3 879560
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651 0 $a Harlem (New York, N.Y.) $3 646943