So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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This is a great book!! Once you start reading it, you can't stop. It approaches themes as race and religion in an honest and true point of view, both looking through Ruth's eyes as James's eyes.
The best book I've read in a long time and a must-read for everyone with prejudices.
I applaud James McBride for this masterpiece. No wonder it took him fourteen years to write this book.
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The Color of Water by James Mcbride
ewan_vm, November 28, 2006
This is a great book!! Once you start reading it, you can't stop. It approaches themes as race and religion in an honest and true point of view, both looking through Ruth's eyes as James's eyes.The best book I've read in a long time and a must-read for everyone with prejudices.
I applaud James McBride for this masterpiece. No wonder it took him fourteen years to write this book.
(7 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)