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Fifteen years after the publication of Push one year after the Academy Award-winning film adaptation Sapphire gives voice to Preciouss son Abdul In The Kid bestselling author Sapphire tells the electrifying story of Abdul Jones the son of Pushs unforgettable heroine PreciousA story of body and spirit rooted in the hungers of flesh and of the soul The Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones We meet him at age nine on the day of his mothers funeral Left alone to navigate a world in which love and hate sometimes hideously masquerade forced to confront unspeakable violence his history and the dark corners of his own heart Abdul claws his way toward adulthood and toward an identity he can stand behindIn a generational story that moves with the speed of thought from a Mississippi dirt farm to Harlem in its heyday from a troubled Catholic orphanage to downtown artists lofts The Kid tells of a twenty- first-century young mans fight to find a way toward the future A testament to the ferocity of the human spirit and the deep nourishing power of love and of art The Kid chronicles a young man about to take flight In the intimate terrifying and deeply alive story of Abduls journey we are witness to an artists birth by fire.
About the Author
Sapphire was born in 1950 and spent her first twelve years on army bases in California and Texas. As a teenager she lived in South Philadelphia and Los Angeles. She graduated from City College in New York and received an MFA from Brooklyn College. From 1983 to 1993 she lived in Harlem, where she taught reading and writing to teenagers and adults. She lives in New York City.
