About this title: Around the narrative of Ruth McBride Jordan, a.k.a. Rachel Deborah Shilsky, the daughter of an angry, failed Orthodox Jewish rabbi in the South, her son James writes of the inner confusions he felt as a black child of a white mother and of the love and faith with which his mother surrounded their large family. The result is a powerful portrait of ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Date Published: 1996-01-23
ISBN-13:9781573220224ISBN:1573220221
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Binding: Boards
Publisher: Riverhead Books., New York.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781573220224ISBN:1573220221
Description: Fine jacket. xiii, 228pp. A bright and crisp copy in Fine condition in a dustjacket that is very lightly shelfworn and is near Fine. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781573220224ISBN:1573220221
Description: Very good in fair dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. inscribed on title page; 1 st printing read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books, NY
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781573220224ISBN:1573220221
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine Unclipped jacket. A bright, tight edition. DJ is uncut; light bumping to spine ends and corners; clean and sharply colorful. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Date Published: 1996-01-23
ISBN-13:9781573220224ISBN:1573220221
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. First Edition, no tears or chips to the DJ, mild edgewear, previous owner's name and short inscription on first page else interior clean, binding tight, a very nice copy throughout, VG+/VG+ read more
"It was sad but very good book I enjoyed reading this book I felt as if some parts I can relate to because it has happened to me before it was a very good book
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"When I first started reading this book, I wondered why my friend had recommended it to me. This true story relates the life experiences of a young Jewish woman who eventually determines to choose a different and unconvential path for her life and is completely disowned by her Jewish family. Some of the events in her youth were difficult to read about, but in the end I came to admire her resiliency and strength. Despite her hardships, her sacrifices and determination on behalf of her 12 children were commendable . . . all of her children graduated from college, many with advanced degrees. This book also gives a realistic look into the lives of poor minorities living in Harlem."
"I enjoyed reading The Color of Water, although I wouldn't rank it one of my favorites. One of the reasons why is because of the author's style, I found that James McBride originally wrote this as a newspaper article and then turned it into a book. So the book reads as if it were written more from a journalist than a novelist.
Although the story itself is very amazing. McBride tells the story of his mother's life and fits his own in-between hers. It's a book that flips back and forth between stories of mother and son. I liked that quality. The story unfolds to focus on his mother's Kosher Jew upbringing and parallels to his own childhood with his eleven brothers and sisters.
We see how Ruth, his mother, greatly influences McBride. She has complete trust in God and places racial issues last. We see McBride as a child struggling with the fact that he has a mother who doesn't look the same as everyone else's (black) mothers because she is white. As he continues to grow up in a time of "Black Power" he and his siblings at one time or another end up in some kind of trouble. Ruth is strong to enforce all her children to remain respectful and work hard. Seeing as she put all eleven of them though the finest education systems possible, no matter what the commute.
As his mother's story ends with the permeant separation from her family and the emergence of her new life in the black community, we see McBride's end with Ruth living close by with annual family reunions and celebrations.
I would suggest reading this book for the story itself."
"This story is about the daughter of an orthodox jewish rabbi who married a black man in 1942. She raised 12 children. Her children grew up not knowing anything about their mother's past. It's written by one of her sons. It is quite an amazing story. Absolutely loved the last chapter. The insights he finds on this journey helps him lay his own demons to rest."
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