The Color of Water
by James McBride
Taste attributes: biographyfamilydocumentaryslowheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalcomplex relationshipsocial commentary
Boxlist takeGrounded and small-scale: a biography that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
James McBride grew up one of twelve siblings in the all-black housing projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn, the son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white. The object of McBride's constant embarrassment and continuous fear for her safety, his mother was an inspiring figure, who through sheer force of will saw her dozen children through college, and many through graduate school.
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- Author
- James McBride
- Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 314
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