The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride

By: McBride, James, 1957-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2006Edition: 1st Riverhead trade pbk. 10th anniversary edDescription: xix, 328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 159448192X; 9781594481925Subject(s): McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010 | McBride, James, 1957- | Racially mixed people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | Whites -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | Racially mixed people -- Race identity | New York (N.Y.) -- BiographyGenre/Form: Biography. DDC classification: 974.7/100496073/0092 LOC classification: F128.9.N4 | M328 2006
Contents:
Dead -- The bicycle -- Kosher -- Black power -- The Old Testament -- The New Testament -- Sam -- Brothers and sisters -- Shul -- School -- Boys -- Daddy -- New York -- Chicken man -- Graduation -- Driving -- Lost in Harlem -- Lost in Delaware -- The promise -- Old man Shilsky -- A bird who flies -- A Jew discovered -- Dennis -- New brown -- Finding Ruthie
Summary: An African American man describes life as the son of a white mother and Black father, reflecting on his mother's contributions to his life and his confusion over his own identity
Item type: Book
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Originally published: 1997

Dead -- The bicycle -- Kosher -- Black power -- The Old Testament -- The New Testament -- Sam -- Brothers and sisters -- Shul -- School -- Boys -- Daddy -- New York -- Chicken man -- Graduation -- Driving -- Lost in Harlem -- Lost in Delaware -- The promise -- Old man Shilsky -- A bird who flies -- A Jew discovered -- Dennis -- New brown -- Finding Ruthie

An African American man describes life as the son of a white mother and Black father, reflecting on his mother's contributions to his life and his confusion over his own identity

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