The majority of it takes place in the late 1980s, but reading it in 2017, what terrified me the most was that this could happen today. If you’re still reading, then you should probably read this book. Child abuse in all forms, swearing, fat shaming, drug use (seen negatively by the main character), racial slurs, rape, incest, homophobia, illiteracy, prostitution, minor references to religion (Islam and Christianity). I’m going to give the warnings at the top, as some of these topics will be discussed in my review. That’s been sitting on my shelves for a year now, and I finally picked up a copy of Push. But it wasn’t on my TBR, just one of those books you hear about and nod, “yes, I’ll read that some day.” Then I was at the summer clearance at Barnes and Noble, and they had a copy of the 2011 sequel, The Kid in hardcover for a dollar. I’d heard of it before and the movie Precious which is based on it. I came across this book in the most roundabout way.
Maybe her baby can have a better life than her. Her mother feels there’s no point and what’s the use, since she can’t read anyway? But Precious, fierce, determined, angry, and sad, misses school and is going to try again.
NOTE: This book is not intended for children, whatever the reading level may be.ġ6-year-old Precious is pregnant with another one of her father’s babies and has been kicked out of school. 1996.Īdult fiction incorporating poetry, 140 pages plus the Life Story Class Book (not paginated). Vintage books, Random House, New York, my edition 1997, orig.
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