I'm not sure what to say about this book. It's horrible. It's sad. I felt like it was a mixture of porn and an after school special (with crude language).
Precious was sexually abused by her father and mother. The mother is angry with Precious for "stealing her man" and beats her often. Precious has a couple kids by her own father. Precious is sent to an alternative school where she meets other misfits, having gone through struggles of their own, and they become their own family so to speak. They encourage and help each other and support each other.
I don't know why some people are born in such horrible circumstances and some are born in such happy circumstances. I'm not naïve enough to think these things do not happen. I know these things happen, however, I really don't want these images in my head. And this book goes into a lot of detail and descriptive of what happens to the characters. I definitely would not recommend this book to anyone and think Karen would not have enjoyed it either.
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