The co-author relates how he was held under plantation-style slavery until he fled in the 1960s and suffered homelessness for an additional eighteen years before the wife of the other co-author, an art dealer accustomed to privilege, intervened.
A book about modern slavery, homelessness, an art dealer, courage in fighting cancer, and love of fellow man. A true story of religion and people touching other people's lives. BH
(From Amazon.com)
Meet Denver, a man raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana in the 1960s; a man who escaped, hopping a train to wander, homeless, for eighteen years on the streets of Dallas, Texas. No longer a slave, Denver's life was still hopeless-until God moved. First came a godly woman who prayed, listened, and obeyed. And then came her husband, Ron, an international arts dealer at home in a world of Armani-suited millionaires. And then they all came together.
(From Amazon.com)
Meet Denver, a man raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana in the 1960s; a man who escaped, hopping a train to wander, homeless, for eighteen years on the streets of Dallas, Texas. No longer a slave, Denver's life was still hopeless-until God moved. First came a godly woman who prayed, listened, and obeyed. And then came her husband, Ron, an international arts dealer at home in a world of Armani-suited millionaires. And then they all came together.
But slavery takes many forms. Deborah discovers that she has cancer. In the face of possible death, she charges her husband to rescue Denver. Who will be saved, and who will be lost? What is the future for these unlikely three? What is God doing?
Same Kind of Different As Me is the emotional tale of their story: a telling of pain and laughter, doubt and tears, dug out between the bondages of this earth and the free possibility of heaven. No reader or listener will ever forget it.
4 stars out of 5
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2 comments:
It's up to every American to do his duty and read that quintessential American novel "Huckleberry Finn." If you can keep a dry eye after Huck says he would rather commit the sin of helping a slave (his friend, Jim) and go to Hell rather than live with the misery of having betrayed him (as the law says he should) then something is wrong with your tear ducts.
Excuse my delay in getting to your comment, Reg. Excellent point; I can't believe that I haven't read HF yet or your comment either
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I think I am getting a Kindle for my birthday (in fact I know I am) so I may download HF for free I guess that you have realized by know that we retired folks have to cut expenses where we can, no?
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