Title: Push : a novel /
Authors: Sapphire, 1950-; Tan, Virginia,; Ferguson, Archie,
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Child abuse Fiction; Incest Fiction; Teenage mothers Fiction; Literacy Fiction.; African American girls Fiction; African Americans New York (State) New York Fiction.; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction
Abstract: 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.