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065100 |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 98478 KB; MP3 file size: 192942 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Performer |
Read by Andre Braugher and Lainie Kazan. |
| Note |
Duration: 6:51:00. |
| Summary |
Who was Ruth McBride Jordan? Not even her son knew the answer to that question until he embarked on a twelve-year journey that changed himself and his family forever. Born Rachel Deborah Shilsky, she began life as the daughter of an angry, failed orthodox Jewish rabbi in the South. To escape her unhappy childhood, Ruth ran away to Harlem, married a black man, became Baptist and started an all-black church. Her son James tells of growing up with inner confusions, chaos, and financial hardships; of his own flirtation with drugs and violence; of the love and faith his mother gave her twelve children; and of his belated coming to terms with her Jewish heritage. The result is a powerful portrait of growing up, a meditation on race and identity, and apoignant, beautifully crafted hymn from a son to his mother. |
| Subject |
McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010.
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McBride, James, 1957-
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Racially mixed people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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White people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York. -- Sound recordings.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Braugher, Andre.
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Kazan, Lainie.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9781597770880 (OCoLC)67612888 |
| ISBN |
(sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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