Sapphire

A courageous and determined young teacher opens up a new world of hope and redemption for sixteen-year-old Precious Jones, an abused young African-American girl living in Harlem, who was raped and left pregnant by her father. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

A Novel

Push

I'm alive inside. A bird is my heart. Mama and Daddy is not win. I'm winning. I'm drinking hot chocolate in the Village wif girls—all kind who love me. How that is so I don't know. How Mama and Daddy know me sixteen years and hate me, how a stranger meet me and love me. Must be what they already had in they pocket.

* READ THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE FILM PRECIOUS * This 25th Anniversary Edition includes a new preface from Tayari Jones, and a new afterword by the author. This is the story of Precious Jones, a sixteen year old illiterate black girl who has never been out of Harlem. She is pregnant by her own father for the second time, and kicked out of school. Placed in an alternative teaching programme, she learns to read and write. This is Precious's diary, in which she honestly records her relationships and her life. 'The Color Purple for the nineties' Vogue 'Sapphire's vibrant, unindulgent first novel has you cheering the awesome Precious on until the last page' Mail on Sunday 'Has all the power and vehemence of rap...brutal in its defence of the vulnerable' Independent 'Part wishful prayer, part manifesto, mingling poetry and humour...splendid, turbulent, bracing language...its music takes you over, its story grips... A voice to remember' Scotland on Sunday 'Harrowing yet hilarious... packs a powerful punch' Guardian

Chenay Kamara

When an author and a director enter into an agreement to make a film, there is a transaction far more consequential than the legal contract, the financial arrangement, or even the decisions about represen- tation and interpretation. There is an issue of trust. For me, the trust I put in Lee Daniels was simple: I trusted him to make a work of art, and he never wavered. In my opinion, and in agreement with A. O. Scott of the New York Tines, Precious is a genuine work of art.

The author has a message and the reader's job is to decode that message as thoroughly as possible. A good reader is like a detective, she say, looking for clues in the text. A good reader is like you Precious, she say. Passionate! Passionately involved with whut they are reading. 

"With a new preface by Tayari Jones and a new afterword by the author"--Cover.

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Gillian Rose

This is a tough one to review. I've seen the movie so I knew what was going to happen, but it still hits hard. It is such a sad story and reading how much Precious hates her looks and herself were rough. Almost as hard as reading about the sexual, physical, and emotional abuse she suffered. But there was hope and she never gave up.

I remember seeing the movie when I was younger (def wasn't old enough 2 watch it) & I didn't know there was a book until this year. It's not for everyone and nearly every horrific thing happens to the main character. Personally, I'm still glad I read it, but it is extremely dark. 

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This is the story of Precious Jones, a sixteen-year-old illiterate black girl who has never been out of Harlem. She is pregnant by her own father for the second time, and kicked out of school when that pregnancy becomes obvious. Placed in an alternative teaching programme, she learns to read and write. This is Precious's diary, in which she honestly records her relationships and life.

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