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The Color of Water

by James McBride

The Color of Water by James McBride X
The Color of Water by James McBride
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    Feb 1996, 228 pages

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    Feb 1997, 228 pages

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Megan
An excellent book written by an outstanding author. Excellent uses of flashbacks, imagery, and descriptive language. I recommend this book to anyone who is having trouble finding themselves. This book describes the true color and meanings of love and acceptance.


May Chong
I think this book is really good and it shows me the difference about culture and his background. His mother is such a sweet lady. Reading about her life and experiencing it I felt like I was apart of it. I felt like I was in the book seeing everything I had read.


Seb
I really enjoyed this book. It gave a wonderful perspective on how life was with interracial couples.
I recommend it highly. It not only gave one insight on interracial couples and the hardships they have to deal with, but it also gave a splendid conception on how hard it is for interracial children.

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