Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together |
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| Title: | Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together |
| Author: | Ron Hall
Denver Moore
Lynn Vincent (Collaborator) |
| Publisher: | Thomas Nelson |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 11 March, 2008 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 084991910X / 9780849919107 |
| List Price: | $14.99 |
| You Save: | $4.80 |
| Amazon Price: | $10.19 |
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Product Description
A dangerous, homeless drifter who grew up picking cotton in virtual slavery. An upscale art dealer accustomed to the world of Armani and Chanel. A gutsy woman with a stubborn dream. A story so incredible no novelist would dare dream it. It begins outside a burning plantation hut in Louisiana . . . and an East Texas honky-tonk . . . and, without a doubt, in the heart of God. It unfolds in a Hollywood hacienda . . . an upscale New York gallery . . . a downtown dumpster . . . a Texas ranch. Gritty with pain and betrayal and brutality, this true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love.
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Customer Reviews:
• Disappointed
17 March, 2010
Does anyone see a resemblance to The Soloist?
I'm so bored with this book that I won't even bother looking up which book came first. Same premise: haughty self-centered rich white guy feels guilty for having money, befriends a black homeless guy for the wrong reasons at first, but learns to love the man in the end.
And can anyone speak the truth about this book?
The homeless man says all the profound stuff, turns out to be more worldly and wise than the rich man. The woman is an almost fictional Super Woman, who dreams about the homeless man and the great things he will one day do and forces her husband to befriend him. From then on, the rich man learns many life lessons and becomes a better person. Then the book turns into an easy tear-jerker.
I read this on my Kindle and when I read the reviews, found that most gave the highest rating. But then I realized that many of the reviewers were mostly friends, family and members of the same church as the Halls.
While I appreciate the family's tragic story and wish nothing but healing, strength and great faith to the Halls, I don't think it makes a very original book. I'm tired of making sure all the white rich people feel guilty. Can we move on to the next trend?
- Amazon Customer Review
• Same Kind Of Different As Me
14 March, 2010
This book was the selection for book club - probably wouldn't have picked to myself. It makes a great dicussion (even has thought-provoking questions as the end) It is a true story - very inspiring and rather sad in parts. It is a story of forgiveness and faith.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Sensitive, Powerful, Thought Provoking And A 'must Read'
05 March, 2010
On the surface, it is the old South meeting the modern North, the Rich meeting the Poor, but ultimately it is God's creation meeting Him at the Throne of Grace.
You will not have a dry eye by the end of the book and it will change your life.
- Amazon Customer Review
• A Wonderful Book
15 March, 2010
It's a bit jarring to have two different narrators telling their stories, and Denver Moore's story is especially painful at first (when he's treated virtually as a slave in modern America), but this is a poignant book with strong and positive themes. I recommend it to anyone. Stories like this really give flesh to the Christian message of faith and charity.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful !!!!
03 March, 2010
This book was one of the best I have ever read. It answers many of life's burning questions such as, "Why do bad things happen to good people?", "What's my purpose?" etc. The fact that this is a true story (and a good story) can also deepen your faith, make you feel restored, and oh so hopeful and joyous about life. An absolute must read - and I never ever ever review books. So trust me, this was a good one.
- Amazon Customer Review
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