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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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 d ... |
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Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together This book was a pleasant surprise.....It brought me to a understanding of the different "kinds" of life that is not necessarily "normal" for the majority of Americans..such a eye-opener to a lifes that are the extreme opposites. A must read for all. |
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Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together When my sister gave me this book for Christmas I picked it up ahead of all the books in my "get to" stack, maybe because it's written in such simple language that I knew it would be a quick read, and it was. It's the true story of the unlikely friendship between Ron Hall, a rich white international art dealer, and Denver Moore, an uneducated... |
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Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together at the start this sounds like it may be interesting even though the black character is written to sound like a cartoon-ish amos and andy type. stereotypical poor grammar, etc. the white character, in turn, can't say enough about how wildly successful and brilliant he is. then it goes from bad to worse because the white guy finds god and he adds... |
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