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- Publisher: Random House Inc
- ISBN: 0679766758
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100070116
- Release Date: May 1, 1997
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Average Customer Review:
(1 customer review)
- Tower.com Sales Rank: #24 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #9 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #6 in General (See Top 100 General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionReview"[A] much-talked-about first novel...that manages to be disturbing, affecting and manipulative all at the same time....Precious's street-smart, angry voice...conjures up Precious's gritty, unforgiving world. Sapphire somehow finds lyricism in Precious's life, and in endowing Precious with her own generous gifts for language, she allows us entree into her heroine's state of mind....Alice Walker's ghost hovers more and more insistently over PUSH as the novel progresses, lending Precious's story a blunt ideological subtext." "Sapphire displays a potent ability with language and even balances her intense narrative with pointed humor. The author refuses to serve as either moralizer or judge, but that unflinching quality is what makes PUSH especially challenging." "...[S]hort, brutal and painfully affecting....The novel is a story of almost total despair which trades on the possibility of hope. Most astutely drawn is the way in which Precious both comprehends her situation and is blind to it....Precious has a depth of character, humour, perversity and an engaging mixture of sassiness and naivety." "Despite its political incorrectness and its grim take on the realities of life in the inner city, PUSH is nevertheless a fascinating novel that may well find a place in the African American literary canon....Sapphire's work is sure to win as many hearts as it disturbs minds." "...[A]t the heart of PUSH is a lovely faith in the word. Literacy can't protect Precious from AIDS, but it can create wonder--not just bitterness." Publisher's note"Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire," directed by Lee Daniels and written An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its brutal honesty, Push recounts a young black street-girls horrendous and redemptive journey through a Harlem inferno. For Precious Jones, 16 and pregnant with her father's child, miraculous hope appears and the world begins to open up for her when a courageous, determined teacher bullies, cajoles, and inspires her to learn to read, to define her own feelings and set them down in a diary. 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. AnnotationClaireece Precious Jones is an overweight, illiterate black teenager pregnant with her second child--both the result of incest by her father--and infected with the AIDS virus--also thanks to her father. This first novel by the poet and performance artist Sapphire tells the story of how Precious miraculously finds redemption and deliverance through the efforts of one of her teachers, who teaches her to read and write. If You Enjoy "Push (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Push (Paperback)" by Sapphire (Author)Most Recent Customer Reviews  Precious will always be, May 28, 2009
By renee
I know Precious. Ive met her so many times. Shes everywhere. Her background
upsets my sensitivities. So I cry, but have no recourse but to turn away like so
many others. I was not there to rescue her, but lived through the pain with her
when she unraveled the raw,sick hell she endured. There is hope for her, but
it is blurred by the blatant honesty that so many cannot deal with. Her wings
were clipped, but she doesnt accept that she cannot fly. I loved her, but was
afraid of her. Her potential and spirit was tested to the core, but she decided
how her life would unfold. This author is exceptionally talented. I have read
an incredible amount of books but she did what no author has done. She touched
my soul. Precious is fiction. But Precious is definitely non-fiction. She has
a secret few will tell. I highly reccommend this book. I am a reviewer for
rambles.net, reviewing under the name Renee Harmon and this book without a
doubt deserves a 5 star rating.
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