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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 D...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sapphire, 1950-
Corporate Authors: Random House Audio Publishing, Books on Tape, Inc
Other Authors: Turpin, Bahni
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: New York : [Westminster, Md.] : Random House ; Books on Tape, [2009]
Subjects:
African Americans > Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Teenage mothers > Fiction.
African American girls > Fiction.
Child abuse > Fiction.
Literacy > Fiction.
Incest > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Audiobooks.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Compact discs.
"Based on the novel Push."
Sound recording.
Physical Description:4 sound discs (5 hr., 5 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:05:05:00
ISBN:9781415967171 :
1415967172 :