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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. |
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Downloadable audio file; available in WMA or MP3 format. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Read by Andre Braugher and Lainie Kazan. |
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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. |
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McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-
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McBride, James, 1957-
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Racially mixed people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Whites -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York.
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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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OverDrive, Inc.
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| Related To |
Original 9781597770880 (OCoLC)67612888 |
| ISBN |
(sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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