Precious

By: Sapphire

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its brutal honesty, Push recounts a young black street-girl's horrendous and redemptive journey through a Harlem inferno. For Precious Jones, 16 and pregnant with her father's child, miraculous hope appears and the world begins to open up for her when a courageous, determined teacher bullies, cajoles, and inspires her to learn to read, to define her own feelings and set them down in a diary.©2009 Sapphire; (P)2009 Random House

A True Dose of Reality . . .

I purchased this book and had it sitting on my iPod to listen to . . but decided after watching the Academy Awards on Sunday to listen to it before I rented and watched the movie. And I was not disappointed . . although the language is raw . . the feeling is real. And the further you get into the story . . . you realize it's not just about being black, poor or the result of a system of well-fare that frequently instead of helping people . . only makes them more dependent and promotes fraud. It also reminds us of a society that preys on females . . . and that abuse crosses all color barriers. And it's the story of one girl's ability to overcome all of these barriers . . . and develop into a whole person. A truly inspirational story . . . now I'm looking forward to watching the movie based on it as well.

ablea

The book was fantastic! Was hard to get through some parts due to graphic content regarding abuse. But all and all a great read!!

Touching, inspiring, amazing

Precious is an amazing girl! I wanted to hold her and protect her, cheer her on to give her strength. She is just an inspiring girl! I was crying and laughing, hoping and praying for her all at the same time! I recommend everyone read this!

Great Book Heartbreaking Content

Would you listen to Precious again? Why?

After having watched the movie years ago, I decided to listen to the book when it showed up on my recommended list. It was hard to listen to at times, because the content was so rough, but I enjoyed it overall. I'm not sure I would listen again, only because hearing those awful things people did to Precious was enough.

What about Bahni Turpin’s performance did you like?

I love Bahni Turpin. I've listened to several of her recordings, and so far she has yet to disappoint.

If you could take any character from Precious out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Maybe her mom, just to knock her out.

Raw but real. Very well written.

Though this was hard to listen to because the content is so graffic it is a raw and real story of very horrific subject matter. Well written and conveyed in a way that connects the reader to the character.