01793cam a2200397 4500 1162902834 TxAuBib 20130211120000.0 960403s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96016516 9780679446262 0679446265 (OCoLC)34557216 DLC DLC FIT BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP WIQ LMR BLP DEBBG OCLCQ O3A TxAuBib Sapphire, 1950- Push : a novel / by Sapphire. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 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. 19990110. African Americans Fiction. Teenage mothers Fiction. African American girls Fiction. Child abuse Fiction. Literacy Fiction. Incest Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y) Fiction. Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random057/96016516.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0411/96016516.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/96016516-s.html Sample text KXMJG