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Push

By Sapphire, Ramona Lofton

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| Paperback | 9780679766759

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Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled story" (Newsday) is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformatContinue

Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled story" (Newsday) is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption.

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    Saw the movie first; read the book second. The movie was heartwrenching, but definitely easier to watch than it was to read the book. The movie did a good job of showing only small doses of certain horrors like the rape, but the book is explicit and raw and incredibly sad. I can understand how it mi ... (continue)

    Saw the movie first; read the book second. The movie was heartwrenching, but definitely easier to watch than it was to read the book. The movie did a good job of showing only small doses of certain horrors like the rape, but the book is explicit and raw and incredibly sad. I can understand how it might be hard for some to read a whole novel in Precious's broken English, but it felt so very real to me. I also liked the inclusion of the class "book" at the very end - so great to hear each girl's unique story. I liked it but wouldn't give it 4 stars because I don't know if I could ever happily recommend it to someone - it is just too hard to read. Not a pleasant story, but one that needs to be told.

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    kmccormi said on Nov 30, 2009 about the Audio Cassette edition | Add your feedback

  • Push è un libri che presenta inizialmente qualche difficoltà di lettura poiché è scritto in gergo americano. Non riesco a immaginarlo tradotto in nessuna altra lingua. E’ un testo piccolo ma molto forte sulla violenza sessuale e nello specifico sull’incesto. Ricorda il Colore Viola di Alice Walker ... (continue)

    Push è un libri che presenta inizialmente qualche difficoltà di lettura poiché è scritto in gergo americano. Non riesco a immaginarlo tradotto in nessuna altra lingua. E’ un testo piccolo ma molto forte sulla violenza sessuale e nello specifico sull’incesto. Ricorda il Colore Viola di Alice Walker che la stessa autrice cita nel suo libro Push. Il linguaggio è un linguaggio senza veli, uno schiaffo al pudore e alla moralità ma incisivo a tal punto da fornire a chi legge nessuna via di fuga. L’argomento fa male, immaginare padri, madri, fratelli abusare dei loro figli e negarlo, immaginare figli minacciati, ridotti in schiavitù perché non v’è altra scelta. In Push la scelta l’autrice ce la fornisce tramite la protagonista Precious, vittima di incesto, madre di due figli nati dalla violenza che SCEGLIE una strada diversa… e la scelta viene fornita dall’istruzione, la scuola. La scuola salva Precious, l’ ABC è la sua salvezza, l’ABC della sua adorata insegnante Mrs Rain, le fornisce una occasione per scegliere un’alternativa alla violenza.
    L’insegnante Mrs Rain è un personaggio eccezionale, che crede in lei, che la stimola a raccontarsi, a tirare fuori la sua rabbia repressa, il suo dolore soffocato attraverso la scrittura.

    Sull’argomento, ahimé è triste pensare all’esistenza di infanzie rubate, e di come le vittime molestate non possano , frenate da un meccanismo interno psichico misto di paura e “amore”, svelare il dolore e l’abuso stesso. E quando decidono di farlo passano dalla parte del torto, come se avessero loro, a sette come a dieci o a sedici anni avessero, istigato il loro genitore - carnefice che ora diventa vittima.

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    Mmaka said on Feb 4, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • This is what my family would call a black book. Before anyone reads it they should know that there is no happy ending or sad ending. The ending just is.

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    Vale said on Sep 24, 2011 | Add your feedback

  • “Don’t you fall now—
    For I’se still goin’, honey,
    I’se still climbin’,
    And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”

    No crystal stair for Claireece Precious Jones. Raped by her father from whom she gets two children, the first one affected by Down Syndrome, and makes her HIV positive. Also sexually ... (continue)

    “Don’t you fall now—
    For I’se still goin’, honey,
    I’se still climbin’,
    And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”

    No crystal stair for Claireece Precious Jones. Raped by her father from whom she gets two children, the first one affected by Down Syndrome, and makes her HIV positive. Also sexually molested and beaten by her mother who thinks she stole her husband and forces her to eat so much that she weights more than 200 pounds. Precious feels invisible to everyone, her head constantly swollen with thoughts about her past, with the life of the supposed skinny white girl she’d like to be. Precious is sixteen and illitterate. Then Precious meets a teacher who pushes her to win her life back. When I first read the plot I thought reading this book would just be disturbing but it just wasn’t: first of all, it allowed me to relate to every step of Precious’ story in a really empathic way; everything we think we cannot understand is easy to get when put in a new perspective and context. It showed me how people you never met can support you in ways we can never imagine even if they might need support themselves. Last but not least, it encouraged me to push as well because, no matter if our lives are screwed up as Precious’ or less than that, it’s never too late to push yourself beyond our limits and take them back. About this I’d like to remark that, after reading the book, I thought that the movie should have been called Push as well because that’s the central theme of the story.

    Niente scale di cristallo per Claireece Precious Jones. Violentata dal padre, dal quale ha due bambini, la prima dei quali affetta da sindrome di Down. In più la rende sieropositiva. Molestata sessualmente e picchiata dalla madre che pensa di essere stata derubata del marito da sua figlia e la forza a mangiare talmente tanto che Precious arriva a pesare più di 90 chili. Precious si sente invisibile, la sua testa continuamente appesantita da ricordi del passato e dalla vita di una ragazza bianca e magra, amata da tutti, la vita che vorrebbe. Leggendo la trama per la prima volta, ho pensato che la lettura mi avrebbe soltanto turbato ma non è andata così: innanzitutto, mi ha permesso di relazionarmi empaticamente passo per passo alla storia della protagonista; tutto quello che pensiamo di non poter capire è facile da comprendere se messo nella giusta prospettiva e nell’appropriato contesto. Persone sconosciute possono esserti di supporto pur avendone esse stesse bisogno. Infine, ma non per importanza, mi ha incoraggiato a “spingere” perché, a dispetto del fatto che le nostre vite possano essere disastrate tanto quanto o meno di quella di Precious, non è mai troppo tardi per spingerci oltre i nostri stessi limiti e riprendercele. A tal proposito vorrei dire che, dopo aver letto il libro, non sono più molto d’accordo con la scelta di intitolare il film “Precious”. Si sarebbe dovuto chiamare “Push” perché questo è il tema centrale della storia.

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    Unworldly Northman said on May 26, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | 2 feedbacks

  • Sapphire really did an amazing job of capturing the spirit of her protagonist, Precious. Not only do we get a big glimpse inside of her world, but we're led to feel her pain, know her love, and take pride in her achievements as she grows. In Sapphire's writing style, I saw glimpses of Faulkner's ... (continue)

    Sapphire really did an amazing job of capturing the spirit of her protagonist, Precious. Not only do we get a big glimpse inside of her world, but we're led to feel her pain, know her love, and take pride in her achievements as she grows. In Sapphire's writing style, I saw glimpses of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, and a small touch of other various authors; I'll definitely be looking for more books by this author and more writers like this author.

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    oleander said on Dec 21, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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