Precious (Push Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Sapphire | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0307474844 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0307474844 Global Overview for this book
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Obese, dark-skinned, HIV-positive, bullied by her sexually abusive mother, Clareece, Precious Jones is, at the novel's outset, pregnant for the second time with her father's child. Referred to a pilot program by an unusually solicitous principal, Precious comes under the experimental pedagogy of a lesbian miracle worker named, implausibly enough, Blue Rain. Under her angelic mentorship, Precious, who has never before experienced real nurturing, learns to voice her long suppressed feelings in a journal. As her language skills improve, she finds sustenance in writing poetry, in friendships and in support groups-one for "insect" survivors and one for HIV-positive teens.
Made into a movie.
Made into a movie.