The Color of Water
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| Author | James McBride |
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| Cover artist | Honi Werner |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Penguin Group |
| Publication date | 1996 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 301 |
| ISBN | 978-1-59448-192-5 |
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, is the autobiography and memoir of James McBride first published in 1995; it is also a tribute to his mother, whom he calls Mommy, or Ma. The chapters alternate between James McBride's descriptions of his early life and first-person accounts of his mother Ruth's life, mostly taking place before McBride was born.