The Color Of Water Ending

I just finished reading it and honestly, I'm surprised I finished it. Although I trudged through it all the way, it had potential to be an incredibly moving story. You hear a lot of people complain about how hard their lives are, especially in the economy today. People complain especially about how hard it is to raise children these days, but then you come across The Color Of Water. Reading through Ruth's story, I felt her anguish in some hard times. She fought to put twelve children through college, and tried her hardest to instill proper values in them. She dealt with a bad situation the best she could. It made me mad though that McBride never asked what made their family special other than his mother being white. He never peels the onion beyond the first thin layer. No questions are asked other than where did his mother come from, but when he finds the "where", there is no follow-up investigation. This entire book would need more in-depth investigation to gain my attention to the fullest. In the end, I have to say my favorite part of the book was the last page because I knew it was almost over!