Kitten Heels Recommends.....

The other day someone mentioned to me that the sequel to PUSH by Sapphire was released. This book was riveting and the basis for the Academy Award winning movie PRECIOUS.I read the book but didn’t see the movie. As I recall, the book was sad and disturbing. The sequel is entitled THE KID. Here’s the synopsis:

The long-awaited follow-up to Sapphire’s Push, the basis of 2009’s Academy Award-winning film and a classic book in its own right, The Kid continues the sad, troubled legacy of the unforgettable Precious Jones, now giving voice to her son.

We meet Abdul Jones when he’s just nine years old, at the funeral of Precious. Now left all on his own to navigate the same flawed system that plagued and tortured his own mother, we follow Abdul through heartache and struggle as he faces a world where nothing ever makes sense, where love and hate come similarly packaged, where he must protect himself against unspeakable violence—and, ultimately, the darkness of his own heart.... But it’s really what Abdul makes of what he has that makes all the difference in his life and destiny. From a Mississippi dirt farm to Harlem in its heyday, from a poorly-run orphanage and into his adulthood, this is an amazing journey of a courageous kid “with no future” to try and make one for himself. Masterfully accomplished and powerfully written, The Kid is filled with drama, pain and family dysfunction, but is also an inspiring testament to the power of the human spirit and the deep, nourishing power of love.

Although the first book was disturbing, the sequel sounds like it is worth a look.

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