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Author McBride, James, 1957-

Title The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride.

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.
1997.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY MCBRIDE c.3  DUE 09-18-21 Billed
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  BIOG. MCBRIDE, J.    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. MCBRIDE, J. c.2  Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B MCBRIDE, JAMES    DUE 05-02-24
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA B MCBRIDE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO MCBRIDE    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  B MCBRIDE, JAMES    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-MCBRIDE MCB    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 92 MCBRIDE, JAM    Check Shelf
 West Hartford Public Library    On Order

Edition First Riverhead trade paperback tenth anniversary edition.
Description xix, 311 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Note Originally published: 1997.
"Includes a readers guide and a new afterword from the author" -- p. [4] of cover.
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.1 11.0 17804.
Subject McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010.
McBride, James, 1957-
Racially mixed people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
White people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Racially mixed people -- Race identity.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
ISBN 159448192X paperback
9781594481925 paperback
9781435242524 Paw Prints
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