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Precious
Author/Reader: Sapphire
Sapphire

Precious Jones is 16 and pregnant – again – with her father's child. Shocking in its language, circumstances,and honesty, this first novel follows a young black street girl on her horrendous journey through a Harlem inferno. The film Precious is based on this novel, originally titled Push, and features Mo'Nique and Lenny Kravitz. » Read More

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M3R8112

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$15.00

Publish Date: 09/15/2009
ISBN: 9780307578112

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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