This book has been sitting on my shelf for years when I brought it home from the church library when we closed it. I always wanted to read it but never got around to it. Leah needed to read it for school so I sent it to her earlier but never thought anything else about it. Well then she comes home last weekend for break and tells me she has to read the whole thing and write a paper on it while she is home so I decided it was an excellent time for me to read it ~ we could read it together! Since she had my paper copy and was marking it up I just ordered a copy for my paperwhite and went from there.
Just like Just Mercy this book ripped me up! So many things over the last few years ~ and months! ~ have made me realize all this "white privilege" I have and never even realized. I have a few black friends and it honestly never occurred to me how completely different their life really is. Shame on me for not realizing that ~ but here's hoping I can start every day being a little more understanding and open-minded about what I can do to help crush my own racists views that I never realized I had.
This is a must read!
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. (picture and description from Amazon)
And now it's time for Christmas books!
Keep reading!
O:)
Melissa
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