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The Color of Water

The Color of Water

by James McBride

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5.0 (1 reviews)
Pages
336

Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. The son of a black minister...

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Oct 21st, 2015

If there is one book that I'm grateful for the introduction this list provided it's this one! I could not put it down!!!

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