The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother
(2006, original release: 1997)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/MCBRIDE,J
1 Hold on 1 Copy
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Riverhead Books, 2006
EDITION
First Riverhead trade paperback tenth anniversary edition
DESCRIPTION
xix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
159448192X (pbk.), 9781594481925, 159448192X, 9781435242524, 1435242521, 9780756972684, 075697268X, 9780329689780, 0329689789, 1417788240, 9781417788248, 9781594481925
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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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