In The Color of Water, author James McBride writes both his autobiography and a tribute to the life of his mother, Ruth McBride. Ruth came to America when she was a young girl in a family of Polish Jewish immigrants. Ruth married Andrew Dennis McBride, a black man from North Carolina. James's childhood was spent in a chaotic household of twelve children who had neither the time nor the chance to ponder questions of race …showed first 75 words of 950 total…

…showed last 75 words of 950 total…Color of Water is a terrific book because it has told with humor and mixed in with sadness. When I started reading the first paragraph, I could not put the book down. When James describe his life you can feel the teasing, yelling, and the love. I would highly recommend this book to be read by all colors and faiths because it is about our nation's racial sickness and the possibilities of triumphing over it.