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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 D...

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Main Author:	Sapphire, 1950-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Vintage Contemporaries, [2009]
Subjects:	African Americans > Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. Teenage mothers > Fiction. African American girls > Fiction. Child abuse > Fiction. Literacy > Fiction. Incest > Fiction. Coming-of-age fiction. Domestic fiction.
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