This is the story of Precious Jones, a sixteen-year-old illiterate black girl who has never been out of Harlem. She is pregnant by her own father for the second time, and kicked out of school when that pregnancy becomes obvious. Placed in an alternative teaching programme, she learns to read and write. This is Precious's diary, in which she honestly records her relationships and life.
- ISBN10 0749395044
- ISBN13 9780749395049
- Publish Date 5 February 1998 (first published 11 June 1996)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Vintage
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 192
- Language English