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  • Published: 14 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9781784877361
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $27.99

Push





A 25th anniversary edition of this harrowing but uplifting story, now with an introduction from Tayari Jones

* READ THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE FILM PRECIOUS *

This 25th Anniversary Edition includes a new preface from Tayari Jones, and a new afterword by the author.

This is the story of Precious Jones, a sixteen year old illiterate black girl who has never been out of Harlem. She is pregnant by her own father for the second time, and kicked out of school. Placed in an alternative teaching programme, she learns to read and write. This is Precious's diary, in which she honestly records her relationships and her life.

'The Color Purple for the nineties' Vogue

'Sapphire's vibrant, unindulgent first novel has you cheering the awesome Precious on until the last page' Mail on Sunday

'Has all the power and vehemence of rap...brutal in its defence of the vulnerable' Independent

'Part wishful prayer, part manifesto, mingling poetry and humour...splendid, turbulent, bracing language...its music takes you over, its story grips... A voice to remember' Scotland on Sunday

'Harrowing yet hilarious... packs a powerful punch' Guardian

  • Published: 14 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9781784877361
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

Sapphire

Sapphire has taught reading and writing to teenagers and adults in New York City since 1987. A poet and performance artist, she is the author of American Dreams, a collection of poetry. Push is her first novel. She lives in New York City.

Praise for Push

An inspired and inspiring debut, a The Color Purple for the nineties

Vogue

Sapphire's vibrant, unindulgent first novel has you cheering the awesome Precious on until the last page: her voice is true and the book is cool

Mail on Sunday

Harrowing yet hilarious... packs a powerful punch... The powerful writing makes the book a cracking read... a tour de force

Guardian

Unforgettable...a mesmerising and uplifting read... Has all the power and vehemence of rap...brutal in its defence of the vulnerable

Independent
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