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From the New York Times bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and The Good Lord Bird, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction:The modern classic that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a generation and that launched James McBride's literary career.More than two years on The New York Times bestseller list.As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked her about it, she'd simply say 'I'm light-skinned.' Later he wondered if he was different too, and asked his mother if he was black or white. 'You're a human being! Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!' she snapped back. And when James asked about God, she told him 'God is the color of water.' This is the remarkable story of an eccentric and determined woman: a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the Deep South who fled to Harlem, married a black preacher, founded a Baptist church...

Author

McBride, James

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780747538325

Subjects

Memoir, Family & Relationships, History

Rating

4.06 / 5 (1,293 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14