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The Barkley Publishing Group published The Color of Water, by James McBride in 1996. The author's mother was born in Poland in 1921, she was the daughter of an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, who was disowned by her own family when she ran away to New York City and married a black man. James McBride retraces the story of his mother's footsteps and, through her voice recreates the remarkable story. I