Precious /

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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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Sapphire, 1950-
Corporate Authors:	Random House Audio Publishing, Books on Tape, Inc
Other Authors:	Turpin, Bahni
Format:	CD Audio Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : [Westminster, Md.] : Random House ; Books on Tape, [2009]
Subjects:	African Americans > Fiction. Teenage mothers > Fiction. African American girls > Fiction. Child abuse > Fiction. Literacy > Fiction. Incest > Fiction. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction. Domestic fiction. Bildungsromans. Audiobooks.