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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother Binding:Paperback power is not so easyFrom the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award winning The Good Lord Bird The modern classic that spent more than two years on The New York Times bestseller list and that Oprah. com calls one of the best memoirs of a generation. 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,