We Are All the Same: A Story of a Boy's Courage and a Mother's Love
By:
Jim Wooten
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Award-winning correspondent for ABC World News and Nightline Jim Wooten is a seasoned newsman who has covered tragedy the world over. Now he tells the story of Nkosi Johnson, an eleven-year-old South African boy born with AIDS into poverty in a shantytown and given only a few years to live. But his ailing mother managed to cross her country’s divisions of race and class to bring him to Gail Johnson, who would raise him for her. Before his own death at the age of twelve, Nkosi had become, in Nelson Mandela’s words, "an icon of the struggle for life" for millions in Africa and around the world. And he had changed Wooten’s life in ways Wooten is still discovering. We Are All the Same is a work of Biblical simplicity and power that reveals the astonishing resilience of the human spirit.
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
We are all the same... - Excellent book. I read it because I am going to South Africa, but this book is a good read for everyone. It is informative and compassionate with just the right amount of information to get a clear picture of the characters and how AIDS has impacted this country.
Customer Review: 2 out of 5
Disapointed! - Very disappointed! At first I was very excited about the book. The topic was interesting, introduction is stunning, the story compelling. I was looking for some good material to expand my horizons about people infected with AIDS. But very soon my excitement diminished. I went through about half of the book, but then quit in frustration. Author takes an important issue of our day, topic that in my opinion does not have the attention it deserves (I'm referring to the problem of AIDS), but then adds a liberal spin to the subject, and promotes homosexuality, abortion, and other liberal propaganda, in the name of the fight against AIDS and love for the people that suffer from the virus. He sympathizes with homosexual people that carry the disease, and that's very noble - everyone deserves to be loved and cared for - but what annoys me very much, is the fact that the author promotes unhealthy and immoral lifestyle (I'm taking about both homosexuals and heterosexuals here..) that led great many people in to this problem in the first place...
Customer Review: 4 out of 5
Amazing story masterfully told - Loved this book. I learned so much about the history (and present) of South Africa. And what it was like for a real person to live through it. Addressing issues from both sides and through three generations. This story was definitely told by someone passionate about the subject and emotionally involved with the characters--in a good way. I am so thankfuls that someone has told Nkosi's story and the story of South Africa. It is pretty even and doesn't shy away from the flaws of its heroes or the truth of the times. Very well told, a must read to anyone who wants to consider themselves educated and interested in international matters. The AIDS crisis isn't something anyone can ignore anymore and this book really brings it home. Also, just a great story.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Courage is not a good enough word to describe this little boy's story - This is an absolutely incredible book about the story of AIDs in South Africa. Never before has the AIDs crisis been made so real to the reader. The story is focused around hero Nkosi Johnson's short life and legacy. Jim Wooten did a wonderful job of conveying the emotion and struggle of this conflict which is the greatest enemy of Africa today. Whoever gave this book two stars for not saying Wooten got across the emotion, must not have a pulse. I highly recommend this book for your own good of exposure to the AIDs crisis. There is something for all of us to learn from this story.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
A Must Read - The book was initially purchased and discussed as a part of my participation in a book club. I purchased three more copies and sent them to friends knowing they would enjoy this book as I did.
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