The Color of Water

by James McBride

My brothers and sisters were my best friends, but when it came to food, they were my enemies.

Sometimes it seemed like the truth was a bandy-legged soul who dashed from one side of the world to the other and I could never find him.

Love is unstoppable. It is our greatest weapon, a natural force, created by God.

this book has always been, and will forever be, a book about a mother and her children, and how that mother raised her children with love and respect and God. About a mother’s love, a father’s love, family love. In all the important ways, my family’s story is not unique. It plays out across the world, on every continent, in every nation, city, town, and village every day.