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Title details for Precious by Sapphire - Available

Precious

Based on the novel Push

by Sapphire
Bahni Turpin
Audiobook
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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.

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  • Release date

    October 20, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415967195
      • File size: 146490 KB
      • Duration: 05:05:11

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      With the movie version of this book, originally titled PUSH, making the rounds at award ceremonies, it would be easy to overlook the outstanding performance given by narrator Bahni Turpin in this recorded version of the story. As Precious Jones, a teenage girl set to give birth to her father's child, Turpin is so deep in character that the production sounds as intensely real as the harsh reality in which the story takes place. Turpin's voice captures Sapphire's unique street talk perfectly--every word and sound is an important piece of the whole. Turpin makes listening easy because of her performance ability and yet amazingly hard because of the honesty with which she recounts this emotional story. L.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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