Push
Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen year old, has up until now been invisible invisible to the father who rapes her and the mother who batters her and to the authorities who dismiss her as just one of Harlem s casualties But when Precious, pregnant with a second child by her father, meets a determined and highly radical teacher, we follow her on a journey of education and enlightenment as Precious learns not only how to write about her life, but how to make it her own for the first time. Best Read [ Push ] author [ Sapphire ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I HATED this book Don t get me wrong, I understand that horrendous things happen to people on a daily basis and that there are triumphant stories of those who have risen from the wreckage and are now living as icons of survival.But this book is not like that, really This book islike Listen, Precious has been raped and now I want to rape you too And after you read the book, you need therapy and you feel like Precious is not really okay like the book tried to say she is at the end.Other I HATED this book Don t get me wrong, I understand that horrendous things happen to people on a daily basis and that there are triumphant stories of those who have risen from the wreckage and are now living as icons of survival.But this book is not like that, really This book islike Listen, Precious has been raped and now I want to rape you too And after you read the book, you need therapy and you fe...5 stars for creating a really unique heroine5 stars for an enjoyable, engrossing story7 stars for beautiful use of language yeah mutherfuckers, sometimes that word is the only word that fits I didn t put much faith in an author named Sapphire More urban fiction ghetto girl s acrylics scratch eyes out of baby father s new crack addicted girlfriend, I thought Not that I don t quite enjoy urban fiction, Zane is quite good and very spicy I couldn t have beenwrong The writing in the b 5 stars for creating a really unique heroine5 stars for an enjoyable, engrossing story7 stars for beautiful use of language yeah mutherfuckers, sometimes that word is the only word that fits I didn t put much faith in an author named Sapphire More urban fiction ghetto girl s acrylics scratch eyes out of baby father s new crack addicted girlfriend, I thought Not that I don t quite enjoy urban fiction, Zane is quite good and very spicy I couldn t have beenwrong The writing in the book is a joy to read It isn t, as most good writing is, just a vehicle to convey the material as much as a vibrant and necessary component of the story The literary device of the writing changing, opening, blooming along with the story is remarkably well executed...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I can t remember exactly when I threw this book across the room for the first time was it when Precious mom beats her when she steals food just to eat when her father rapes her and she gets pregnant when he rapes her again and she gets pregnant again and the baby has down syndrome when she finds out the baby has AIDS when she finds out SHE has AIDS when she finally learns to read and then begins writing lots of broken poetry, all of which is included in the book I ve never read a book I can t remember exactly when I threw this book across the room for the first time was it when Precious mom beats her when she steals food just to eat when her father rapes her and she gets pregnant when he rapes her again and she gets pregnant again and the baby has down syndrome wh...There is a debate or at least an ongoing conversation among teachers who help college students hone their reading skills What exactly, do you have the students read The great works of literature, such as Homer, Emerson yes, Vicky, I am thinking about our conversation the other night Do you have them readmodern works How do you teach reading when you also have to teach reference The best example of this is when my students were reading an essay about wetlands and thought the word c There is a debate or at least an ongoing conversation among teachers who help college students hone their reading skills What exactly, do you have the students read The great works of literature, such as Homer, Emerson yes, Vicky, I am thinking about our conversation the other night Do you have them readmodern works How do you teach reading when you also have to teach refe...PUSH exceeds the limits of my understanding I am a white male moderately affluent educated healthy and able to say that my foundation from my past has allowed me to become the person I am today Precious Jones is none of these things If anything, she is the antithesis of what I am.This is not her fault Blame birth Chance Possibility.But what I have does not compare to what Precious Jones has She is a fighter a survivor of incest HIV positive beyond impoverished and yet, hope burns PUSH exceeds the limits of my understanding I am a white male moderately affluent educated healthy and able to say that my foundation from my past has allowed me to become the person I am today Precious Jones is none of these things If anything, she is the antithesis of what I am.This is not her fault Blame birth Chance Possibility.But what I have does not compare to what Precious Jones has She is a fighter a survivor of incest HIV positive beyond impoverished and yet, hope burns eternal within her No matter how the cards may be stacked against her, she fights If anything, Precious Jones and her story illustrate how savagely we precipitate violence upon each other And this...I was going to write up a Celebrity Death Match between Sapphire and Dave Pelzer for the title of Most Abused Child Ever, but on second thoughts, silence is golden.One last thing I remember reading Push and watching The Wire during the same week had a strange effect on...For the longest time Precious was my favorite modern 2008 up movie It had the gospelchurch strong power to compel me to immediately look upon my own life reflexively, and pronounce it all not too bad after all Other souls are in peril, of course, and all I can do is complain about my own vapid existence In truth, the movie adaptation is a horror film disguised as Oscar baiting melodrama It s powerful a very visceral kick to the gut the book is no different Sure, it For the longest time Precious was my favorite modern 2008 up movie It had the gospelchurch strong power to compel me to immediately look upon my own life reflexively, and pronounce it all not too bad after all Other souls are in peril, of cours...I encountered this when it was excerpted in the New Yorker around the time of its 1997 publication, when I was a senior in high school Reading the New Yorker piece effectively shattered my skull, bludgeoning my brain into a tenderized and confused lump of quaking grey gristle Push is written in the voice of an impoverished, illiterate, uncared for, despised, abused, obese, neglected, friendless, and seriously fucked teenage black girl living...I honestly doubt I would have picked this novel up had it not been recommended to me or as was the case required as part of a class While I enjoy coming of age stories and stories of overcoming hardship, the overarching themes and situations in this book are off putting to say the least.The professor made it very clear that the first chapter 40 pages was going to be very difficult to read for a number of reasons Some students were put off by the spelling which was initially a little str I honestly doubt I would have picked this novel up had it not been recommended to me or as was the case required as part of a class While I enjoy coming of age stories and stories of overcoming hardship, the overarching themes and situations in this b...I m a big fan of books written in vernacular if the voice rings true and the book is short Luckily, this book does not overstay its welcome If you ignore the final essays at the end, Push is all of 150 pages long Your average reader could mow through its text in a single sitting But I will warn you, if you re a self proclaimed Grammar Nazi, your head could possibly explode Rest assured, though, all errors and broken syntax is on purpose Push or the movie tie in title Precious , by Sapphire I m a big fan of books written in vernacular if the voice rings true and the book is short Luckily, this book does not overstay its welcome If you ignore the final essays at the end, Push is all of 150 pages long Your average reader could mow through its text in a single sitting But I will warn you, if you re a self proclaimed Grammar Nazi, your head could possibly explode Rest assured, though, all errors and broken syntax is on purpose Push or the movie tie in title Precious , by Sapphire, is an emotionally charged look at a sexua...
- English
- 07 October 2017 Sapphire
- Paperback
- 177 pages
- 0679766758
- Sapphire
- Push