The Color of Water : A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
Registered by rem_DTH-272697 on 6/24/2005
3 journalers for this copy...
Another BookCrosser, misjehi, gave me this book. It should be on her bookshelf, but she's not into registering, labeling, releasing. So I'm doing that after reading it. I enjoyed it, but since I can't remember my impressions of it, I'll quote the back of the book.
"This moving and unforgettable memoir needs to be read by people of all colors and faiths. (Publishers Weekly)
"As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked about it, she'd simply say , 'I'm light-skinned.' Later he wondered if he was different, too, and asked his mother if he was black or white. 'You're a human being,' she snapped. 'Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!' And when James asked what color God was, she said, 'God is the color of water' . . . As an adult, McBride finally persuaded his mother to tell her story--the story of a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a Baptist church, and put twelve children through college. 'The Color of Water' is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother--and an eloquent exploration of what family really means."
"This moving and unforgettable memoir needs to be read by people of all colors and faiths. (Publishers Weekly)
"As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked about it, she'd simply say , 'I'm light-skinned.' Later he wondered if he was different, too, and asked his mother if he was black or white. 'You're a human being,' she snapped. 'Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!' And when James asked what color God was, she said, 'God is the color of water' . . . As an adult, McBride finally persuaded his mother to tell her story--the story of a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a Baptist church, and put twelve children through college. 'The Color of Water' is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother--and an eloquent exploration of what family really means."
A fascinating insight into real life. Makes me want to stop reading fiction and switch entirely to (auto)biographies.
Back on my TBR (again) pile.
Journal Entry 4 by 
maid-of-kent
at Amstelveen, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, September 17, 2017
maid-of-kent at Amstelveen, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, September 17, 2017
On its way to sunny Surrey.
Received today. Thanks very much maid-of-kent.
