James McBride

The Color of Water

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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.
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243 printed pages
Publication year
2012
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  • Altynay Daribekovahas quoted7 years ago
    I told myself, and the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else is life.
  • Altynay Daribekovahas quoted7 years ago
    God is the color of water. Water doesn’t have a color.”
  • latifah alaskarhas quoted8 years ago
    slick himself out

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