The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
James McBride (Author)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780747538325
Weight: 214.00
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Page Dimensions: 197 x 132 x 17 (mm)
Categories: Non Fiction Biographies & Memoirs
Sub Categories: Film & Music
Tags: Spanish Individual composers & musicians specific bands & groups Autobiography: general
From the New York Times bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and The Good Lord Bird, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction:
The modern classic that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a generation and that launched James McBride's literary career.
More than two years on The New York Times bestseller list.
As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked her about it, she'd simply say 'I'm light-skinned.' Later he wondered if he was different too and asked his mother if he was black or white. 'You're a human being! Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!' she snapped back. And when James asked about God, she told him 'God is the color of water.'
This is the remarkable story of an eccentric and determined woman: a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the Deep South who fled to Harlem, married a black preacher, founded a Baptist church and put twelve children through college. A celebration of resilience, faith and forgiveness, The Color of Water is an eloquent exploration of what family really means.