December's book club selection was The Color of Water by James McBride. It is the story of a white, Jewish woman, raised in unhappy circumstances in the South. As a 19-year-old young woman in the 1940s, she leaves home, moves to New York and falls in love with and marries a black man. James McBride is the eighth child resulting from their union. This book is an interesting look at religion, economic status, class and of course race.
I do not care for all memoirs (as a friend of mine says, they are often too self-indulgent), but this one I enjoyed immensely. I find it very enlightening to step into another person's shoes and attempt to understand his or her life. This book is not new having been published in 1997, but if you haven't read it yet, you really should. Just this week as I passed the librarian's picks shelf at my wonderful local library, I noticed a copy of this book. I recommend it. Our librarian recommends it. Really you should just pick it up and read it. Go ahead. You won't be sorry.
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