signed first edition Hardcover
1996 · New York
by Sapphire
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679446265 . First edition/first printing in unread As New condition in As New dust-jacket. Signed and inscribed ("to Karen, with hope") and dated (7/23/96) by Sapphire directly on the half-title page; In her first novel, narrated by Precious Jones, a 16-year-old African-American girl pregnant for the second time with her father's child, Sapphire's Push is tracing her movement from anger, illiteracy, resignation, and self-contempt to some version of hope. Basis for the Academy Awards winning movie "Precious" starring Gabourey Sidibe; 8vo; Signed by Author .
(Inventory #: 18655)