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PUBLISHED
New York : Vintage Contemporaries, [2009]
DESCRIPTION
139 pages, 40 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0307474844, 9780307474841 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"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
"Now a major motion picture"--Cover
"Includes the novel Push and a reader's guide"--Cover
"Reader's Guide" (p. [38-40], second sequence)
"Sundance Festival Award Winner"--Cover