Push: A Novel
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2282436
ISBN: 9780679446262
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy.
Author's first novel. Inspiration for the Academy Award winning film Precious. An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its brutal honesty, Push recounts a young black street-girl's horrendous and redemptive journey through a Harlem inferno. For Precious Jones, 16 and pregnant with her father's child, miraculous hope appears and the world begins to open up for her when a courageous, determined teacher bullies, cajoles, and inspires her to learn to read, to define her own feelings and set them down in a diary.
Price: $60.00