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   Box office. $63.3 million [1] Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, [2] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, alongside Paula Patton, Mariah ...

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3. www.amazon.co.uk › Precious-Based-Novel-PushPrecious: Based on the Novel Push Paperback - Amazon.co.uk

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   Jan 21, 2010 · Sapphire is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Kid. She is also the author two books of poetry, American Dreams and Black Wings & Blind Angels. Her novel Push spent thirteen weeks in the number one position on the New York Times Bestseller List and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Fiction.

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4. www.amazon.com › Push-Novel-Sapphire › dpAmazon.com: Push: A Novel: 9780679766759: Sapphire: Books

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   Apr 29, 1997 · Push, her novel, won the Book-of-the-Month Club Stephen Crane award for First Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association's First Novelist Award, and, in Great Britain, the Mind Book of the Year Award. Push was named by the Village Voice and Time Out New York as one of the top ten books of 1996.

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5. www.npr.org › 2009/11/06 › 120176695Sapphire's Story: How 'Push' Became 'Precious' : NPR

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   Nov 6, 2009 · Precious (Push Movie Tie-in Edition)By SapphirePaperback, 192 pagesVintageList Price: $13. Read An Excerpt. Even though the film Precious packs quite a wallop, the gritty realism of the novel upon ...

6. www.goodreads.com › book › showPrecious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire - Goodreads

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   Jan 1, 2007 · Precious experiences abuse at hands by both of her parents mother and father. After her dad abandons the family Precious becomes the object of her mother frustrations. She had a child for her father at the age of 12, the baby was a girl and named her Montage. Than pregnant again with her father’s child.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Push_(novel)Push (novel) - Wikipedia

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   In 1987, Claireece Precious Jones is an obese, illiterate 16-year-old girl who lives in Harlem, New York, with her abusive mother Mary. Precious is a few months pregnant with her second child, the product of her father raping her; he is also the father of her first child (who has Down syndrome). When her school discovers the pregnancy, it is ...

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   Is Precious Based on a true story?

   • Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, [ 2 ] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire.

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   What's new in 'Precious' Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire?

   • A new 25th anniversary edition of the instant classic that inspired the major motion picture and Sundance Film Festival Winner Precious: Based on the Novel ‘PUSH’ by Sapphire, features a new preface by Tayari Jones and a new afterword by Sapphire.

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   Where did Sapphire write the novel 'Push'?

   • Sapphire wrote the novel Push (renamed Precious) in a fractured ghetto patois that grew out of the author's experiences as a remedial reading teacher. Read An Excerpt. Even though the film Precious packs quite a wallop, the gritty realism of the novel upon which the movie is based is even more intense.

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   How does Precious start the novel?

   • Precious begins the novel functionally illiterate. She spells words phonetically. She uses a "minimal English that defies the conventions of spelling and usage and dispenses all verbal decorum" (Mahoney). She employs variations such as "nuffin'" for nothing, "git" for get, "borned" for born, "wif" for with, and "chile" for child.

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   When did 'precious' come out?

   • Lionsgate gave the film a limited release in North America on November 6, 2009, with an expanded release on November 20. Precious received positive reviews from critics; the performances of Sidibe and Mo'Nique, the story, and its message were highly praised. The film was a box office success, earning over $63 million on a $10 million budget. [ 1 ]

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   What books has Sapphire the author written?

   • Sapphire the Author has published PUSH, American Dreams, The Kid, and Black Wings & Blind Angels. Push: A novel, won the Book-of-the-Month Club’s Stephen Crane award for First Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s First Novelist Award, and in Great Britain, the Mind Book of the Year Award.

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9. archive.org › details › preciousbasedonn0000sappPrecious : based on the novel Push : Sapphire, 1950- : Free ...

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   Jul 9, 2021 · Precious : based on the novel Push by Sapphire, 1950-Publication date 2010 ... Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a ...