An edition of Push
(1996)
Push
by Sapphire, Tayari Jones, Sapphire, and Sapphire, Lofton, Ramona
- 731 Want to read
- 35 Currently reading
- 27 Have read
Share
×Close
Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, has up until now been invisible: invisible to the father who rapes her and the mother who batters her and to the authorities who dismiss her as just one more of Harlem's casualties. But when Precious, pregnant with a second child by her father, meets a determined and highly radical teacher, we follow her on a journey of education and enlightenment as Precious learns not only how to write about her life, but how to make it her own for the first time
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Child abuse, Pregnant schoolgirls, Domestic fiction, Bildungsromans, Fiction, Incest, African American girls, African Americans, Teenage mothers, Literacy, Fiction, coming of age, African americans, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, family life, Fiction, african american, urban, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2009-05-31, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, african american & black, urban & street lit, Fiction, family life, general, collectionID:EanesChallenge, collectionID:AlpineChallenge, collectionID:ConroeChallenge, collectionID:bannedbooks, African americans, African americans--fiction, Teenage mothers--fiction, African american girls, African american girls--fiction, Child abuse--fiction, Literacy--fiction, Incest--fiction, Ps3569.a63 p87 2009, 813/.54Places
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)Showing 2 featured editions. View all 19 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Push: a novel
1996, Alfred A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House
in English
- 1st ed.
0679446265 9780679446262
|
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
First Sentence
"I was left back when I was twelve because I had a baby for my fahver."
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?Lists
See All-
To read online
from Emily Davis
-
Want to read
from DSan7081
-
Interesting Books
from Jazz Herring
-
Noncense
from Josephine Heidepriem
-
Banned Books
from Josephine Heidepriem
-
To Read
from Lisa Ree Fen
| June 30, 2024 | Edited by reshelved | Merge works |
| January 20, 2024 | Edited by bitnapper | merge authors |
| December 19, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| March 2, 2023 | Edited by Josephine Heidepriem | Edited without comment. |
| October 15, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |