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This amazing book was an assigned reading back when I was working on my Master's Degree and finishing my Teaching Credential.
It is a stunning, intelligent, wonderful, heartbreaking, eye-opening, and memorable story of James McBride's life. I highly recommend it.
The writing is beautiful and I could hardly put it down. This memoir can be life changing for those who want to wake up to US history, prejudice, and are life learners and caring human beings.
It also for those who appreciate great stor ...more
It is a stunning, intelligent, wonderful, heartbreaking, eye-opening, and memorable story of James McBride's life. I highly recommend it.
The writing is beautiful and I could hardly put it down. This memoir can be life changing for those who want to wake up to US history, prejudice, and are life learners and caring human beings.
It also for those who appreciate great stor ...more
What a wonderfully written, touching tribute to a mother's love and struggles and dedication. And, that's not even counting the social trials and tribulations. I really liked this book and by the end was wishing that I knew this family and especially Ms. Ruth. She sounds like one helluva woman.
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Excellent! -- A black man's tribute to his white mother. As an adult James discovers Ruth's background as a Jewish woman, growing up in the South. She never talked of her past, not as denial but more... to instruct her 12 children to learn & have faith. Most (all?) went to college.
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