Description: A self-portrait of a black teenage girl named Precious, whose father rapes her and whose mother batters her. When she becomes pregnant with a second child by her father, she meets a determined and radical teacher, who bullies, cajoles and inspires Precious to learn to read.
Review Quotes: "Affecting and impassioned . . . sails on the strength of pure, stirring feeling."
--The New York Times Book Review
--Newsday
"Brutal, redemptive . . . you just can't take your eyes off Precious Jones."
--Newsweek