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The book is Precious' diary and she tells her story in her own words (Little Mongo has ''Down Sinder'') and she is completely frank about what has happened to her and even about her guilt over certain aspects of her relationship with her father. Despite everything – and there really isn't a lot going for Precious – she really does want to learn to read and write and to get an education. She wants to make a better life for her son and escape the abusive family life.
I read this book in one settingsitting, desperate to find out what happened to Precious. She's overweight and under-privileged but there's no doubting that Precious is, quite simply, awesome. There's power in the story – sometimes I cried and sometimes I laughed out loud, but I never stopped rooting for this woman and for the friends which whom she made in the alternative education programme.
I doubt that I'll see the film – I'm not a great film watcher – but this is a story which I would not like to have missed. It's a book I'll reread and probably get more from it the next time round too. Definitely recommended.
