BRANCHBURG – Sapphire, author of the best-selling novel "Push" — which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film "Precious" — will read from her works at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Raritan Valley ...

It has been 15 years since the novel "Push" introduced readers to Claireece "Precious" Jones, an illiterate abused teen mother with AIDS. It has been two years since "Precious," the movie version of ...

A decade ago, the movie “Precious” broke new boundaries in Hollywood, winning critical acclaim and an Oscar with a gritty, gut-wrenching tale about an illiterate black teenager, pregnant and ...

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The author of the novel Push, whose film adaptation Precious swept the awards season last year, has sold a second The author of the novel Push, whose film adaptation Precious swept the awards season ...

And just like that, you become sucked into a story impossible to put down, a fictional account of a world we all know exists, try as we might to pretend it doesn't. Sapphire is the last of three ...