- Published: New York, NY : Westminster, MD : Random House ; Books on Tape, p2009.
- Year Published: 2009
- Description: 4 sound discs (5 hr., 5 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Language: English
- Format: Book on CD
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9781415967171 :
- 1415967172 :
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Subjects
- African Americans -- Fiction.
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction.
- African American girls -- Fiction.
- Child abuse -- Fiction.
- Literacy -- Fiction.
- Incest -- Fiction.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Bildungsromane.
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Call number: BOCD Fiction
Available Copies: Downtown 1st Floor, Pittsfield Adult, Traverwood Adult
Additional Details
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Read by Bahni Turpin.
A self-portrait of a black teenage girl, big, fat, unloved, with a father who rapes her and a jealous mother who screams abuse. For Precious, as she is called, hope appears when a courageous teacher, a young black woman, bullies, cajoles and inspires her to learn to read. By the author of American Dreams.
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