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Push by Sapphire (1997, Paperback, Reprint) 
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Push by Sapphire (1997, Paperback, Reprint)

Author: Ramona Lofton
Publisher: Vintage Books
Publication Date: 1997-05-01
Series: Vintage Contemporaries Series
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0679766758
ISBN-13: 9780679766759
Product ID: EPID1027506
Description: Claireece 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 p...
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Synopsis
Claireece 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.

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Publication Date:1997-05-01
Series:Vintage Contemporaries Series
Edition Description:Reprint

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Height:8.5 in
Width:5.3 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:7.2 oz

Publisher's Note
Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled story" (Newsday) is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption.

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"...[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."
Times Literary Supplement - Alex Clark (10/11/1996)

"[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."
New York Times Book Review - Michiko Kakutani (06/14/1996)

"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."
Philadelphia Inquirer - Jeannine DeLombard (06/23/1996)

"...[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."
Village Voice - Lisa Kennedy (06/25/1996)

"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."
Quarterly Black Review of Books - P. J. Mark (09/01/1996)

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      Not for the faint-of-heart
    Review created: 10/02/06
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    15 of 15 people found this review helpful.

    Push is a tragic story about a girl who is repeatedly physically and sexually abused by her mother and father, gives birth to her father's baby, and becomes diagnosed with AIDS.

    It's a tragic story based on a few people Sapphire came in contact with, and she claims that it is very realistic for some people. As someone much more fortunate, it is hard for me to even imagine how someone survives this kind of life, but I can say that it was enlightening for me to read the book. It got me out of my comfort zone, and it was an absorbing read.


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