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The Color of Water - James McBride
The Color of Water
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Format: audiobook
ISBN: 9781590400159 (1590400151)
Publisher: Phoenix Audio.
Edition language: English
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EricaO
EricaO rated it
4.0 The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (Audiocd)
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...
Ms. Margie
Ms. Margie rated it
Very warm and loving portrait of a biracial mother/son relationship.
Flying Kick-a-pow!
Flying Kick-a-pow! rated it
4.0
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. :)
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it
"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...
Sparrow
Sparrow rated it
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