James McBride erzählt die bewegende und außergewöhnliche Geschichte seiner Familie, vor allem aber seiner Mutter, einer polnischen Jüdin, die mit 17 Jahren nach New York zog, um einen Schwarzen zu heiraten.-----------No fiction could be more unique and uplifting than this real-life biography of Rachel Deborah Shilsky, the daughter of an angry Orthodox Jewish rabbi in the South who runs off to Harlem, marries a black man, becomes a Baptist, and founds an all-black church. And puts 12 children through college! James McBride recalls his confusion as a black child of a white mother, the hardships of his childhood, and his own flirtation with drugs and violence, in the struggle to make peace with his own identity. Performed by Andre Braugher and Lainie Kazan, this extraordinary and best-selling memoir offers a special reflection on race and identity, a beautiful tribute to a mother from her son.