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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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Format: | Buch |
Sprache: | English |
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New York
Knopf
1996
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Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
Schriftenreihe: | A Borzoi book
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Zusammenfassung: | 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 Dreams. |
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Beschreibung: | 141 S., [19] Bl. |
ISBN: | 0679446265 |