Title:
The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride.
ISBN:
9781594481925
9781573225786
Personal Author:
Edition:
Tenth anniversary edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.
Physical Description:
xix, 328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published: 1997.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader UG 6.1 11 17804
Geographic Term:
Audience:
1140L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm63191862
Availability:
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