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    <subTitle>a Black man’s tribute to his white mother</subTitle>
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    <publisher>Riverhead Books</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1996</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xiii, 228 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>An African American man describes life as the son of a white mother and Black father, reflecting on his mother's contributions to his life and his confusion over his own identity</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">James McBride.</note>
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