Bruce Bellefleur

The Color of Water

. The Color of Water tells the story of Ruth McBride Jordan, the two men she married, and the 12 children she raised. Jordan, born Rachel Shilsky, a Polish Jew, came to America soon after birth as an adult she moved to New York City, leaving her family behind in Virginia. Jordan met and married a black man there. Ruth Jordan battled racism and poverty to raise her children
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