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The color of water by James McBride is a book which does a moderately successful job of telling a compelling story about a mother and her children, who, despite racial and religious persecution, rise from poverty, and not only find success, but ultimately themselves. While the story is rather well written, and stylistically creative in the continually changing story-telling from mother to son, the author’s story as a memoir alone stands as a worthwhile one, but as a social commentary promoting equality it stands as a poor one. This is based on McBride continually being closed-minded about the way he views himself, and the world around him. McBride’s purpose in writing this book not only seems to be personal fulfillment, but also to comment on both racial and religious issues in a way that all people can find something profound in its message.
Approximate Word count = 514
Approximate Pages = 2.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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