The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
by James McBride | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1573225789 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1573225789 Global Overview for this book
Registered by mom2jwn of East Freedom, Pennsylvania USA on 9/14/2006
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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 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 & raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a Baptist church, & put 12 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.
Journal Entry 2 by mom2jwn at Jumieges' bio/memoir bookbox in -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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Sent off to Europe to find a new home.
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