The Color of Water
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BOOK DETAILS
Price: $24.99
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780733623158
Published: March 2008
This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.
As a boy in Brooklyn, 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,' she snapped. 'Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!' And when James asked what colour God was, she said, 'God is the color of water'...
As an adult, McBride finally persuaded his mother to tell her story - the story of a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, married a black man, founded a Baptist church and put twelve children through college.
THE COLOR OF WATER is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother - and an eloquent exploration of what family means.
Book details and technical specifications
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780733623158
Published: March 2008
Number of pages: 336
Width: 130 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 25 mm
Publisher: Hachette Australia