The Color of Water By James McBride Material:Soft Cover and Hanya Yanagihara

and Hanya Yanagihara

and the countless forms love can take

she becomes a contender

and a reckoning with our complex relationship to the natural world

the scientific revolution of Copernicus

The Color of Water By James McBride Material:Soft Cover and Hanya YanagiharaTouches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son. Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self declared "light skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful