Push: A Novel by Sapphire

Author:Sapphire
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Urban, Contemporary Women, Family Life, General, Coming of Age, African American, Fiction
ISBN: 9780679766759
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 1996-05-15T22:10:13.465000+00:00

IV

2/27/89

Ms Rain say more now, much more. She wan more from me. More than 15 minutes an she write back. Say walk wif it. The journal? I say.

Yeah, she say, Walk wif da journl. Everywhere you go, journl journal go. You know I go walk with Abdul etc., take journal, write stuff in journal.

learnin lot: to too two. three diffrent 2 words.

Each one is diffrent different. Four for fore. Three four words.

Stori

Ms Rain tell me to koncentrate on my story.

When I kft can not spell a word Ms Rain tell me sound out firs lettr c

and draw a lin. Thas

concentrate. Latrer she will fill in rite spelling for me.

But my spelling is impruv. Way way improve.

Ms Rain say I seem dpress deprssjoji is she say angrer turn in.

Jermaine say not necessarily rally (Whutevr Ms Rain say Jermaine don agree)

Rite write write more she say talk more say gte get V2 hos staf to get babee sitter xtra hr so I can go to meatings, movie.

You no I never (good spell) bin a movie, cep vidios on Mama's VCR. I never bin chuc. Rhonda goe ALL the time. Want take me an Ms Rain. She want take hole skool sins she bin savd.

For

a monf it bin like this. I feel daze.

Ms Rain see it

say you not same girl i kno.

is tru. I am a difrent

persn

anybuddy wood be don't u think?

dont

u

think.

Ms Rain

say go back back back

far

you

can rember. what four? I say

whut i got to rmember i nevr dun forgit mama daddy scool

Y why go thru ALL (i like that word) DAT ALL

DAT ALL DAT SHIT But Ms Rain

worred worryed worried about mi. Thas nice sumebuddy care but I don want to worri her. She sen note 2way hous for me to cum scool Vi hr erly to write. And go downtown wif Rhonda for insect talk grup and chuc. I think I AM

MAD. ANGERREEY angerry very mi life not good

i got dizeez. Ms Rain say NOT dizeez I say whut is it then. I Talk angr to Ms Rain she say u notice yr spelin change wen yu hav feelins not tal bout in book she say i am nt dyslx mine that say its emoshunal disturb lets talk bout it I was fine til HIV thing

she say i still fine

but prblm not jus HIV it mama Dady

BUT I was gon dem

I escap dem like Harriet

Ms Ran say we can nt escap the pass.

the way free is hard

look Harriet H-A-R-R-I-E-T

i pratise her name.

Rita say keep tinkin whut you got to bee thankfill for

Jermaine (she bes writer in skool) say semicoln no coin

go befour list

i gt two bee thankfill four:

Ms Rain

ocool school

girlz in class

Abdul

Toosday Rita take me VILLAG

Sat we go muzeum

sun day chuch

MONDY we gonna read Harriet T. book I feel btretter L, j glad I write my book Precious

3/6/89

Wat it be like to bee in luv. I wondr this al the time ALL time all the time.

I kno sex sex so much. I kno bout sex alot a lot wht it be like to hav a fren, thas a guy I mean.

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