01772cam a2200433 a 4500 104856 20230410132652.0 960403s1996 nyu 000 1 eng 3524158 96016516 0679446265 (DLC) 96016516 DLC DLC DLC OCoLC DLC n-us-ny PS 3569 S241p 1996 Sapphire, 1950- Push : a novel / by Sapphire. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1996. 141 p. ; 20 cm. 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. African Americans Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction. Teenage mothers Fiction. African American girls Fiction. Child abuse Fiction. Literacy Fiction. Incest Fiction. Afroamericanos Novela. Primera Jornada de Catalogación. Domestic fiction. lcsh Bildungsromane. gsafd Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/96016516.html lcc bk NBM Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0411/96016516.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/96016516-s.html **LC HAS REQ'D # OF SHELF COPIES** 85644 85644 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PS 3569 S241p 1996 00000092588 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk