Precious /

Precious / a novel by Sapphire.

Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled story" ("Newsday") is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a...

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Main Author: Sapphire, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, 1997.
Edition:First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
Series:Sapphire. Precious.
Subjects:
African American teenage mothers > Fiction.
Child abuse > Fiction.
Incest > Fiction.
Teenage mothers > Fiction.
Literacy > Fiction.
African American girls > Fiction.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Sixteen-year-old girls > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Incest victims' mothers > Fiction.
Teacher-student relationships > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Incest victims' families > Fiction.
Single African-American mothers > Fiction.
Abused children > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Street life > Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.

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Call Number: PS3569.A63 P87 1997
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