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With a new Introduction to this touching homage to his mother, the author paints a portrait of growing up in a black neighborhood as the child of an interracial marriage. Although raised an Orthodox Jew in the South, McBride's mother abandoned her heritage, moved to Harlem, and married a black man.

     

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      With a new Introduction to this touching homage to his mother, the author paints a portrait of growing up in a black neighborhood as the child of an interracial marriage. Although raised an Orthodox Jew in the South, McBride's mother abandoned her heritage, moved to Harlem, and married a black man.

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      • Media: Paperback Book, 328 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Riverhead Books (Jan. 31st, 2006)
      • ISBN-10: 159448192X
      • ISBN-13: 9781594481925
      • Dimensions: 5.06 x 8.10 x 0.74 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 0.56 lbs
      • Categories: Cultural Heritage Biography & Cultural Heritage Autobiography Parent Adult Child Parenting

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