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   Jul 9, 2021 · 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 journey of transformation and redemption

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

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   Jan 21, 2010 · 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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4. melanmag.com › 2021/06/24 › 25-years-later-push-aka25 years later: Push aka ‘Precious’ author says not enough ...

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   Jun 24, 2021 · Twenty-five years after the release of Push, the agonising book exploring incest, rape and HIV/AIDS, its author, Sapphire reflects on how little has changed around structural inequalities around race.

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

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   Push is the debut novel of American author Sapphire. Thirteen years after its release in 1996, [1] the novel was made into the 2009 film Precious, which won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards.

6. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca › books › 677181Push (Revised) by Sapphire | Penguin Random House Canada

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   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 by Sapphire, whose power and ferocity influenced a generation of writers.

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

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   Nov 6, 2009 · 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.

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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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   Is Precious Based on a true story?

   • The gritty realism of the film Precious is even more intense in the novel Push, upon which the film is based. Author Sapphire discusses the inspiration for her work — and her initial reluctance to allow her work to become a film.

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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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   What happens to Precious's mother when she gives birth?

   • While in the hospital giving birth to her son Abdul Jamal Louis Jones, Precious tells a social worker that her first child is living with her grandmother. The confession leads to Precious' mother having her welfare taken away. When Precious returns home with Abdul, her enraged mother chases her out of the house.

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   What happens in precious's diary?

   • She is pregnant by her own father for the second time, and kicked out of school when that pregnancy becomes obvious. 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.

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   Push (Revised) 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,...