
Push
by Sapphire
Title:
Push
Author:
Sapphire
Series (if any):
Vintage Heroines
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
192 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781784877491
EAN:
9781784877491
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
278
Dimensions (mm):
128 x 198 x 15
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
'I'm alive inside. A bird is my heart. Mama and Daddy is not win. I'm winning.'This is the story of Precious, a sixteen-year-old illiterate Black girl who has never been out of Harlem. Pregnant by her own father for the second time, she is kicked out of school and placed in an alternative teaching programme. Through learning to read and write, Precious begins to find her voice, and fight back.Push is the unflinching diary of a girl whose strength and kindness shines amidst extraordinary adversity.Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, featuring bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.




















