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Push: A Novel |  | Author: Sapphire
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
List Price: $13.00
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as of 9/8/2010 03:54 PDT details
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Seller: chipdipper
Rating:  576 reviews
Sales Rank: 9604
Media: Paperback
Edition: First
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0679766758
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780679766759
ASIN: 0679766758
Publication Date: April 29, 1997
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Product Description
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Publication Date: 4/30/1997
ISBN: 9780679766759
Ean: 0679766758
Paperback: 192 pages
Language: English
Physical Info: 5.23 x 0.52 x 8.04 inches, (0.39 lbs)
Categories: African American - Contemporary Women | African American - Urban Life
LC Subjects: Domestic fiction, Bildungsromans
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 96016516
Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled
story" (Newsday) is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones,
16 years o...ld 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.
Amazon.com Review
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. Precious is now a major motion picture based on the novel Push by Sapphire, starring Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, and Lenny Kravitz. Enjoy these images from the film, and click the thumbnails to see larger images.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 576
 Powerful and touching August 20, 2010
Sarah
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I haven't heard about the book until the movie came out. I decided to buy the book before watching the movie since it's the original. Such a powerful and honest portrayal - there's an elegance in the brutal honesty of such a serious subject matter. I love the style and story telling.
 Horrible Writing August 18, 2010
Green456
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The overall story is fine. I like shocking stories about difficult subjects. Although to be honest, I felt dumber after reading the author's illiterate writing. I understand the writing style is meant to convey the atmosphere but I it was not necessary for the entire book, the main character's journal entries are more than enough. I felt the characters are not developed enough and overall the book is trash. The story lacked development and its only merit is its shock value.
The story is interesting and the movie might be better but the book was a huge let down.
What is wrong with you people? August 15, 2010
Charles Pooter (Europe)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was amazed by all the negative views of this book on Amazon- to each his own, I guess. I fortunately didn't let those influence my decision to read this book; it is NOT pornography, it does NOT glorify any of the crimes that take place in it. It is a window into a world fortunately few of us know - a real, horrible place that we should know about it and do what we can to stop!
Is this book graphic? Yes. Does this book glorify rape? Hell no. The narrator says she feels shame at feeling pleasure - have any of you spoken with Rape survivors? It can happen and it confuses them. Does Precious love Louis Farrakhan? Yes, but remember she starts out as an illiterate who's never been out of Harlem. With more experience and education she'll learn that the "cracker" didn't cause her problems and is not the root of all evil. Does she value lighter skin - yes, because in her twisted environment, it's considered attractive. She talks about her yearning for a normal relationship, and bitterness that the stupid boys she knows go after lighter skinned women. Is it enraging that she is not angry with these boys for this preference, instead cursing her own dark complexion? Yes, but this is very realistic - she accepts the reality with which she is presented. The book is about her slow rise out of that hell, and her changing despite all the setbacks (too polite a term for all the excremental situations she is faced with!)
It's a hard book to read, but it's amazing that in that it gives you hope. I hate to jump on the celebrity bandwagon and say "what a life changing book" blah blah blah, but it is what is is - a great book. Yes, I prefer The Color Purple (hence four stars out of five), but the problem with that book is people can shrug it off as a different time, a different place. Precious (or Push, its original title) is important in that it reminds us that these problems are still very much with us and are crying out for action.
a harsh look at a brutal life August 8, 2010
Nadyne Mielke (Mountain View, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a hard book to read on many levels. But the difficult books are also often the most rewarding, and I couldn't put this down until I finished it.
Precious Jones has what can only be described as a brutal life. She's poor and illiterate, and suffers daily physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of both of her parents. The book is an unflinching look at her life, starting with her second pregnancy at age 16. It's also a book of redemption, that a girl who is illiterate and has suffered the most horrid of abuses can, with the help of committed individuals, try to make a better life for herself and her children.
It's hard to read because it's written in the voice of Precious. Her diction is just what you'd expect out of an illiterate girl: bad and often nearly incoherent grammar, lots of slang. In seeing her life through her eyes, we witness the full horror of it, including graphic descriptions of her abuse and her own mixed reactions to the abuse. The book is relentless and gritty, with an ending that's at least a little bit happier than it started, but it's obvious that Precious will still have more challenges in front of her. While the ending isn't necessarily satisfying, it was painfully realistic.
 more than necessary August 4, 2010
upstate reader (New York)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm not sure why I finished this book... maybe waiting for it to redeem itself. The story is the same "teacher saves student" story with way too descriptive incest. The latter does not add to the book, especially since it is not based on a true story. I did not feel that I am a better person for reading this book.
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