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Precious (Push Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries) |  | Author: Sapphire
Publisher: Vintage
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Rating:  394 reviews
Sales Rank: 104
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Mti
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0307474844
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780307474841
ASIN: 0307474844
Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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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.
Product Description
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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 fast, harrowing read November 24, 2009
detroitdolly (stone mountain, ga)
this book is slender and a fairly quick read. however, the story is harrowing and harsh. one wonders what more can the protagonist reveal in the context of her horrible childhood, and then she lets out another secret. for the most part, the revelations are matter-of-fact and not sensationalized. just a girl wondering why, why, why her life is such as it is. i would not recommend this book for anyone under 15 to read. it is quite graphic with language and sexual situations. this is a good book that actually has a happy ending in that it gives the reader and the character hope, and that's all one can hope for.
 Disturbing November 23, 2009
Fuzzy Lizard (Georgia, USA)
"Push" was a quick read, but a disturbing one. Heartbreaking.
I felt bad for Precious and wanted her to succeed. In a lot ways she ended up doing so, but she is still going to be scarred for life by what her parents did to her.
This book had a real feel to it in that it is told from Precious' point of view, with grammar and words that she would use.
 Wanted to love it November 22, 2009
Iteach2nd
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I rushed out and bought this book after hearing about it on TV. I am amazed by the fact that this book is getting such good reviews! The basis of the story is beautiful and uplifting but I felt the writing was not very good. I know it is supposed to come from the point of view of an illiterate teen, but the misspellings and grammar were so distracting to me! I understand what the author was trying to do, but I did not care for it at all. I look forward to actually seeing the movie however!
A Precious Story November 22, 2009
R. Robinson (Washington, DC)
I read this book several months ago and just recently watched the movie. So, I find myself comparing the two. The story was original, thought-provoking and a definite tear-jerker; however, the grammar was a bit difficult to read the first chapter or so. As the story is told through the perspective of Precious, the 16 year old female dealing with more problems that most of us could fathom, the dialect seemed a bit off. Nonetheless, I got over that minor stumbling block and really started to appreciate the book. I squirmed when I learned Precious' stepfather sexually abused her and fathered her two children and cried when it came out that she was HIV positive. Then my emotions took a positive turn when she began to empower herself through school and asserting her independence. Being a literacy educator and working with the less fortunate, this book really spoke to me. It was definitely an emotional roller coaster, however; the movie took the story to another level as Lee Daniels did an amazing job capturing the hurt, pain and anger of Precious' mother, Mary on screen. After seeing the movie, I have a new found respect for the story. Precious' story encourages us to persevere no matter how difficult life's obstacles.
 To Praise this Trash is Political Correctness Run Amok November 21, 2009
Elijah (St. Albans, Vermont)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
This novel is nothing but pornography masquerading as trenchant social commentary. It presents itself as an alarming expose of life in the darkest corners of the inner city, something we all need to wake up and confront head-on. But then it gives us ridiculously exaggerated cartoon characters, laughable, botched-up, supposedly "authentic" language, and a completely unconvincing plot line. I mean, come on. This pathetic girl "victim" describes how she actually gets off while being violated by her father (yes, folks, it's in there), and then she names the resulting infant -- who is retarded with Mongoloid Down's Syndrome -- "Mongo" for short. Give me a break!! I didn't know if I was reading a highly-acclaimed novel promoted by the likes of Oprah Winfrey, or a vile, twisted, profanity-laced comic book with dirty pictures. One should not have to hold one's nose while reading a book. The one-star reviewer below me got it right -- NO young person should have to be subjected to this garbage. The book "Precious" is a sick joke on all of us.
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