by James McBride
I don't remember what made me want to listen to this book, but I am glad I did. I'm not even sure I knew what it was about before I pressed the "Play" button.It's about the son of a black, Christian man and a white, Jewish woman. It's also about identity, finding one's past, and family.Much of it ta...
Very warm and loving portrait of a biracial mother/son relationship.
Summer reading for Race & Gender class ... I thought it was pretty good! The author and his mother both had very interesting life stories. :] It was sad, though – one of those books that reminds you how cruel and judgmental people can be. But it had its happy/funny moments too. :)
"What color is God?" asks the young James of his mother, confused by all the white images of Jesus that surround him and his black father and mother. "God's not black. He's not white. . . . God is the color of water," is the wonderful response of Rachel, an astonishingly gifted and driven woma...
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I had actually wanted to read this back when it was big, but never did. Anyway, we had it sitting on the shelf, and it came to mind when I was trying to think of something easy (but not too easy) to read to help me out of the reading slump I've been in. Turned out to be a pretty good book for it, ac...
I read this book prior to my Goodreads.com days so I've not written my own review. But I was reminded of it this morning when I found it on my PageADay Book Lover's Calendar. The following review is from that calendar.A beautifully rendered memoir, and a loving tribute to a mother who taught her s...
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