| Description |
xiii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve children. James McBridge, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful memoir. |
| 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. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.1 11.0 17804. |
| Subject |
McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010.
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McBride, James, 1957-
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Racially mixed people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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White people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Racially mixed people -- Race identity.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
1573220221 alkaline paper |
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9781573220224 alkaline paper |
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