A recommendation from my daughter's college roommate, an Evangelical Christian who doesn't even like to read, but she was squeezing this book in between Thermal Dynamics and Bio-Chemical Engineering homework, college life, church and a boyfriend. It seemed a high endorsement.

Same Kind of Different as Me is a true story about how God likes to bring people together for His own purposes. In this case, we have a former cotton-picker, turned runaway, street man, ex-con, who meets a wealthy art dealer in Forth Worth, Texas. They are an unlikely pair and form an even more unusual and yet incredibly enviable friendship, which allows Divine Providence to work great things in and through both men. As often happens when Our Lord is at work in human affairs, the one who initiates things as the "giver" soon finds himself on the receiving end of the relationship.

I read almost 9/10 of the book in just one day. Very enjoyable and spiritual enriching as well, while skirting the tempting waters of preaching-at-the-reader.