MM Suarez’s Reviews > The Color of Water > Status Update

"The way Tateh treated her, they’d call her an “abused woman” today. Back then they just called you “wife.” And a man could do anything he wanted to his wife in the South. Especially if she’s a Jew who’s crippled and he’s a so-called rabbi."

"I always felt that way about the South, that beneath the smiles and southern hospitality and politeness were a lot of guns and liquor and secrets."

"Mommy’s tears seemed to come from somewhere else, a place far away, a place inside her that she never let any of us children visit, and even as a boy I felt there was pain behind them."