Book Reflection 2

If you are looking for a real page turner look no further because the book "The Color of Water" is a real good read. I have to admit that I first came in contact with this book when I was an undergrad. I was suppose to read this book in my Race and Ethnics class, but I must admit I did not take the time to read it. I read the first two chapters and stopped reading because of such a hectic work schedule. But since I purchased the book for some reason I kept it and I decided to actually read it for one of my book reflections. I realized I should have read it along time ago because it is really good. This book is written by James Mcbride who starting the book so that he could learn a little bit about his mother's life when she growed up. In the book who talks about his issue with his mother being a white women living in Brooklyn, New York with her black children and wondering how this come about. His real issue was wanting to know about his mother's child hood how she grew up,who her parents where, and why she didn't mention anything about them. I think the way that the author writes this book is interesting because it really does not give the reader a chance to get bored on one thing. He writes the chapters so that one chapters talks about his mother and her life growing up, and then switching to his childhood and how he growed up with his brothers and sisters. There are a lot of funny inserts in this book to me for instance there is one chapter where James is convinced that he is adopted by one of his older brothers and that his real parents are going to come and get him. This goes on and on until their mom gets off from work and reassures him that he was not adopted. I would have to say that the reason this book was so amusing and interesting to me is because James had a big family and something was always going on with one of them from him skipping school and getting sent away for the summer to live with his sister to them reliving their humorous experinces in church with their mother. This story is truly ispirational becuase throughout the book you will find out that no matter what Jame's mother Ruth always had a grip on her family (all twelve children) and posed to be a strong force in their lives making sure that each child graduated college. Not only did she guide them but she pushed her ownself by going back to school at the age of 65 and graduating college. I believe this is one of the most important parts in her story because at the beginging you find out that she dropped out of school and ran off to get away from her Jewish father who over powerd her and her family under Jewish law. Overall this book is a great tribute to a loving mother who proved that it doesn't matter what color your shin color is as long as you have love for one another.