The Color of Water
James McBride
number of voters: 8
percentage of voters who finished the book: 75
highest rating: 9
lowest rating: 6.9
average rating: 7.675
percentage of readers of The Color of Water impressed with the accomplishments of the author and his family: 100
percentage of authors of The Color of Water impressed with the accomplishments of the author and his family: 100
What do a bunch of white women from twenty-first century suburbia know about growing up biracial in a 1960s inner city?
A whole lot more than we used to, thanks to James McBride’s The Color of Water.
It isn’t a page-turner, per se, but it is a fascinating portrait of a unique family. It offered insight into a culture with which we are highly unfamiliar.
McBride’s mother is an amazing, complicated woman who abandoned her Jewish heritage and immersed herself into the black culture of the times. Ruth Jordan was a victim of harsh circumstances, but through determination and perseverance—and her persistent resolve to teach her children “color blindness”—went on to accomplish great achievements (such as raising twelve, mixed-race children in the 60s—all of whom grew up to be successful in their own rights— and obtaining a college degree at age sixty-five).
A moving tribute to an amazing woman, The Color of Water is a window into another era, another culture, and indeed, another world.
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