Push: A Novel
by Sapphire
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Author: SapphireEdition: Paperback
Published: 1997-04-29
ISBN: 0679766758
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Vintage
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Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book in one day. The writing style really reflects what's going on with the main character. love how as the story goes along; The writing gets a little better.
This book is extremely inspirational. I haven't been in her circumstances but I can relate to stepping out and doing what's best for you even though it's the harder road to take. And while all of these hardships are going on, to be in her head while she's figuring everything out is what separates this book from the rest.The thought process, the actual "HOW" is written down. you see the transition from survival to living.
I've recommended this book to every reader I know. If you even click on here to check it out. Buy it.
Summary of Push: A Novel
Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect. That is the device deployed in the first novel by poet and singer Sapphire. "Sometimes I wish I was not alive," Precious says. "But I don't know how to die. Ain' no plug to pull out. 'N no matter how bad I feel my heart don't stop beating and my eyes open in the morning." An intense story of adversity and the mechanisms to cope with it.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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