The Kid: A Novel

ISBN: 0143121200

Author: Sapphire

Condition: Used

From the bestselling author of Push, a story of survival and awakening-and one young mans remarkable strengthThe Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, son of Sapphires unforgettable heroine, Precious. Left alone by his mothers death to navigate in a world where 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. In 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 is a soaring tale of body and spirit, rooted in the hungers of flesh and of the soul.