In the riveting pages of ‘In Love with My 5 Wives,’ we follow the harrowing life journey of a young boy of mixed heritage, trapped in a relentless storm of abuse, abandonment, and identity crisis. James, the brown-skinned child, found himself cast aside by both his Mexican-American mother and African-American father, left to grapple with the torment of not fitting into either world. He was too black for one side, not black enough for the other, and inherently, too ‘black’ for a society that struggles to understand and accept diversity.