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Push : a novel

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Push : a novel

by
Sapphire, 1950-

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Topics
African Americans, Teenage mothers, African American girls, Child abuse, Literacy, Incest, Bildungsromans, Domestic fiction
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House
Collection
internetarchivebooks; printdisabled
Contributor
Internet Archive
Language
English
Item Size
177.8M
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
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Addeddate
2010-10-13 22:22:42
Bookplateleaf
0005
Boxid
IA128911
Boxid_2
CH113201
Camera
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
City
New York
Donor
bostonpubliclibrary
Edition
1st ed.
External-identifier
urn:oclc:record:1151105054[WorldCat (this item)]
urn:lcp:pushnovel00sapp:lcpdf:551fcffa-698e-4940-88df-9b9764e8fc2d
urn:lcp:pushnovel00sapp:epub:6803422e-b708-4912-94a1-5963486bf9ca
Extramarc
OhioLINK Library Catalog
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0
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