What Difference Do It Make? – Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent

This book is a follow-up to the very successful “Same Kind of Different as Me”. Contained in the book are stories of people that were touched by the original book and some of the actions they took to reach out to those that come from different backgrounds or socioeconomic backgrounds.

Unfortunately the book wasn’t great.  It seems like it was written very quickly and the parts of the story that were added really didn’t cover much new ground.  There wasn’t a good story-like flow and it seemed very disjointed.  The personal stories from readers of the original book were great and in my opinion were the best parts of the book.  Had the authors collected more of these stories, they could have published them in a “Chicken Soup” style book and had a better product.

The book is not bad, but its not great.  I would recommend borrowing it from a friend, but only if you read the original book and are curious to pick up more biographical information on Ron and Denver.  The attempt to add to the original wasn’t necessary and for me it seemed as if Ron was trying to make the story instead of allow the story to develop around him.