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Vintage Contemporaries Ser.: Precious by Sapphire 2009 Trade Paperback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Modified Item
- No
- Subject
- Romance
- Era
- 20th Century
- Type
- Novel
- Age Level
- Adults, Young Adults
- Series
- vintage contemporaries
- Cultural Region
- American Literature
- Title
- precious
- ISBN
- 9780307474841
- Book Title
- Precious
- Book Series
- Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Family Life, African American / General, Coming of Age, African American / Urban, Media Tie-In
- Item Weight
- 7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307474844
ISBN-13
9780307474841
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73576883
Product Key Features
Book Title
Precious
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Family Life, African American / General, Coming of Age, African American / Urban, Media Tie-In
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Affecting and impassioned. . . . Sails on the strength of pure, stirring feeling." -The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating novel that may well find a place in the African-American literary canon. . . . With a fresh new voice that echoes the streets, Sapphire's work is sure to win as many hearts as it disturbs minds." -Philadelphia Inquirer "A horrific, hope-filled story [that is] brilliant, blunt, merciless." -Newsday "Brutal, redemptive. . . . You just can't take your eyes off Precious Jones." -Newsweek "A stunningly frank effort that marks the emergence of an immensely promising writer." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Thrilling. . . . [Push's] affecting combination of child-like tenderness and adult rage leaves little doubt that Sapphire's talents as a poet translate artfully into her fiction." -Entertainment Weekly "[Sapphire] writes with a poet's ear for rhythms, in a voice that pushes her story relentlessly into your mind." -Interview "Push. . . develops so richly and fearlessly that one cannon resist its power." -Elle "Precious's story, told through her own unique style and spelling, is a major achievement. It documents a remarkable resilience of spirit." -Boston Globe "To read the story [is] magic. . . . [It is] paint-peelingly profane and thoroughly real." --Washington Post, "You feel you've witnessed nothing less than the birth of a soul." - Entertainment Weekly "Affecting and impassioned. . . . Sails on the strength of pure, stirring feeling." - The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating novel that may well find a place in the African-American literary canon. . . . With a fresh new voice that echoes the streets, Sapphire's work is sure to win as many hearts as it disturbs minds." - Philadelphia Inquirer "A horrific, hope-filled story [that is] brilliant, blunt, merciless." - Newsday "Brutal, redemptive. . . . You just can't take your eyes off Precious Jones." - Newsweek "A stunningly frank effort that marks the emergence of an immensely promising writer." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "[Sapphire] writes with a poet's ear for rhythms, in a voice that pushes her story relentlessly into your mind." - Interview " Push . . . develops so richly and fearlessly that one cannon resist its power." - Elle "Precious's story, told through her own unique style and spelling, is a major achievement. It documents a remarkable resilience of spirit." - Boston Globe "To read the story [is] magic. . . . [It is] paint-peelingly profane and thoroughly real." --Washington Post, "You feel you've witnessed nothing less than the birth of a soul." -Entertainment Weekly "Affecting and impassioned. . . . Sails on the strength of pure, stirring feeling." -The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating novel that may well find a place in the African-American literary canon. . . . With a fresh new voice that echoes the streets, Sapphire's work is sure to win as many hearts as it disturbs minds." -Philadelphia Inquirer "A horrific, hope-filled story [that is] brilliant, blunt, merciless." -Newsday "Brutal, redemptive. . . . You just can't take your eyes off Precious Jones." -Newsweek "A stunningly frank effort that marks the emergence of an immensely promising writer." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "[Sapphire] writes with a poet's ear for rhythms, in a voice that pushes her story relentlessly into your mind." -Interview "Push. . . develops so richly and fearlessly that one cannon resist its power." -Elle "Precious's story, told through her own unique style and spelling, is a major achievement. It documents a remarkable resilience of spirit." -Boston Globe "To read the story [is] magic. . . . [It is] paint-peelingly profane and thoroughly real." --Washington Post
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Edition Description
Movie Tie-In
Synopsis
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Includes a Reading Group Guide Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, has up until now been invisible to the father who rapes her and the mother who batters her and to the authorities who dismiss her as just one more of Harlem's casualties. But when Precious, pregnant with a second child by her father, meets a determined and radical teacher, we follow her on a journey of education and enlightenment as she learns not only how to write about her life, but how to make it truly her own for the first time.
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