McBride, James,  1957- <br/><br/>
The color of water :  a black man's tribute to his white mother / 
 Black man's tribute to his white mother 
James McBride. 
 - Riverhead trade pbk. 10th anniversary ed. 
 - New York :  Riverhead Books,  2006. 
 - xix, 328 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> First published: 1996. 
<br/><br/> Library Journal Starred  Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.)  Wilson's Public Library 
<br/><br/> James McBride shares the story of his mother's life and complicated racial identity which he only learned after becoming an adult. He tells of her infancy in Poland as the daughter of an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, her childhood in small-town Virginia, her move to Harlem at the age of eighteen, her marriage to an African-American man, her achievements as a wife and mother to twelve children, and her refusal to ever admit she is white. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult  Young Adult  Follett Library Resources 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0329689789 075697268X 159448192X 9780329689780 (Follett bdg.) 9780756972684 (lib. bdg.) 9781594481925 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921- <br/>McBride, James, 1957- <br/>McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921- <br/>McBride, James, 1957- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mothers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>Mulattoes--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>Mulattoes--Race identity.--New York (State)--New York<br/>Whites--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>African Americans--New York (State)--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Race identity.--New York (State)<br/>Mothers--Biography.<br/>Whites--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F130.N4  / M38 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>974.7/1/00496/073/0092  B