The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride.
2003
F130.N4 M38 2003 (Mapit)
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Title
The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride.
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ISBN
1573225789 (pbk.)
9781573225786 (pbk.)
9781573225786 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Riverhead Books, [2003?], c1996.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 314 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
F130.N4 M38 2003
Summary
Who is Ruth McBridge Jordan? A sel-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve children. James McBridge, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful memoir.
Note
Includes excerpt from the author's novel Miracle at St. Anna (p. 301-314).
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