Growing up in the home of Ruth McBride Jordan proves to be an ever-testing, but advantageous adventure for her twelve children. As a child, Ruth is abused by her Orthodox Jewish rabbi father, and she is forced to work long hours in the family store. Ruth finds forbidden love in the arms of a Black man. She eventually marries another Black man, and sheds her White Jewish background. Her children face identity problems and often wonder why their

mother's face does not look like their own. Ruth carefully avoids the subject and makes sure that the focus of her children is education and religion.

James, the seventh of the twelve children, is stuck in the middle of an age-ranked household. He is tortured by his s

Ruth is an example of a strong woman who defies the popular beliefs of her time. She may not think that she was active in the civil rights movement, but she was in an indirect fashion. By raising open-minded citizens, she helped to spread the morals regarding race that have grown very popular. Even in her old age, she continues to defy what society wants her to believe. Society wants her to fear the projects and dwellings of Black people. Her own children

All of the Jordan McBride children became successful adults from various professions. James tells the story of his and his mother's past through the pages of a very powerful novel. The struggles that Ruth and her family endured because of their race were heart-breaking. The piece

problem with identity. They would be

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)