Precious
Format: Audiobook on CD
Edition: Library edition.
Description: 4 sound discs (approximately 77 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Subjects:
African Americans -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Teenage mothers -- Fiction -- Talking books.
African American girls -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Child abuse -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Literacy -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Incest -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction -- Talking books.
African Americans -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Teenage mothers -- Fiction -- Talking books.
African American girls -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Child abuse -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Literacy -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Incest -- Fiction -- Talking books.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction -- Talking books.
ISBN:
9781415967171
| Availability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
| CD F Sapphire [4 DISC] | Southeast | Book on CD Fiction | In |
Subtitle from container.
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Read by Bahni Turpin.
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Read by Bahni Turpin.
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