Eden’s Reviews > Push > Status Update

know that precious is branching of to find a job, she faces the problem of taking care of her son Abdul. She questions why she has to work to get money if she has to pay a baby sitter rather that watching her own child. Not only that, but her problem of picking work and school. School is the one thing she really enjoys. Although a job is necessary to get money. Now that Abdul is older she wants to teach him the ABC's

As I'm slowly starting to reach the end of the book, I start to see Precious's life come together. Her love for Abdul is super strong and she hopes he'll grow up to be smart. The fact that she has HIV doesn't make things any easier but she realizes she isn't alone, that there's a community group that's there to support eachother. Although she looks back at her past troubles, she looks towards the future in her life

Know that Precious is in a 1/2 house and safe from all her family troubles, she found out she had HIV. She puts a lot of thought into why? Why her life had to be the way was? Why did her parents have to abuse her? But Precious realizes that others also go through her same struggles. She can relate to people in her class. Finding friendship in others. She considers her classmates and her teacher her real family.

Push is really a touching, progressive, and sad story. Precious has begun to work on her reading as well as writing. What I love about her is her sense of happiness even when her life seems dreadful. She finally ad her baby Abdul. She makes plans to treat him well and teach him the alphabet. Not only that but to give him a better mother son relationship than her parents gave her. She finds the good throughout the bad

As I slowly go through this book, I like the hope Precious has when she goes to an alternative school. The traumatizing situations she faces with her father and mother don't allow her to give up. The fact that she loves going to school and making progress with reading and building relationships on the way is an uplifting part of her story. Even though she knows the abusive behavior of her parents will still continue

Coming back to this book, I feel that it's still a little explicit. I like how the book shows the struggle she has been through after introducing her father, mother, and child. So far she's got the chance to go to an alternative school because she got kicked out of her other one for getting pregnant. The narration she uses is very curious. She day dreams about being famous, Bringing her to happier state of mind.