I Romanced The Stone (Paperback)

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When you think of a crack-head, what kind of picture comes to mind? A stupid teenager, with little, or no education? A prostitute? A smack-talking, ghetto-born African-American? Or, maybe, a misfit Caucasion dropout, from a broken home, with an alcoholic, abusive, absentee father? Crack-heads are street-walking, panhandling, hustling, poorly dressed, teeth missing, gaunt, thin, useless, and dangerous looking kinds of people, that you'd never invite over to dinner, right? Well, guess again, because the author of these memoirs is an educated, articulate and thoughtful, formerly successful family and businessman, a grandfather, who owns expensive suits, always knows how to appear well groomed, and knows which fork is used when, at the gourmet banquets of the upper middle class. "I Romanced the Stone" observes, discusses, and exposes fundamental tendencies of addiction in our society, and weaves these general themes throughout the personal story of the author's journey. The reader comes to understand that drug addiction is not some exclusive disease of the poor, or the uneducated, or the social castaways of our world; it is an insatiable and insidious ghost, shadowing anyone, of any walk of life, from any economic or social environment. It can appear as a false god, "the good life", and then devour you as "the grim reaper" is revealed bewilderingly to you, as your new slave master. The book tells how the author was rehabilitated, cured, and had his life and soul spared, through love and help from family, and most significantly, through a powerful spiritual experience. It is an inspiring, yet fearsomely awesome story, sending a message of hope, and advisement.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Global Authors Publishers (July 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977968030
• ISBN-13: 978-0977968039
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #223,551 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Buy For Every Educator!, September 23, 2006

By	J.C. Jackson (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

If you are an educator of our youth then you simply MUST READ this book!

Next to going down the lonely and terrible road of crack cocaine addiction yourself, this is the closest you will ever get to a firsthand experience of how devastating this drug can be.

As a public educator of middle school and high school students for 24 years I have seen many children grow from childhood to adolescence and on into adulthood. Over the years I have celebrated as I witnessed dozens of incredible success stories where former students have gone on to do great things with their lives. Conversely though, imagine how difficult it has been for me when I have seen shining-star pupils with the potential to do literally anything with their lives end up jobless, on the streets, or even worse, dead because of an addiction to drugs or alcohol. If only I had a tool such as Marvin D. Wilson's book "I Romanced The Stone" sooner!

Once you start reading this book you won't be able to put it down. You will become totally and fully immersed in the shadowy world from which Wilson almost didn't emerge. You will personally feel the physical and emotional pain that he admittedly caused himself and his family. You will shake your head in disbelief at how a drug could get a hold of an intelligent, educated, talented, and morally upright man and shake him literally to the core of his soul until he had become someone not even his closest family members could recognize. And then, you won't be able to stop smiling as you read the manner in which he, with the help of his God and those who love him the most, picked himself up by his bootstraps and methodically climbed out of the pit into which he had allowed himself to fall.

I will be keeping a few copies of "I Romanced The Stone" around my desk to give to the student who would benefit from reading this incredible story. It just might save a young life. It is hard-hitting, doesn't pull any punches, and has plenty of spicy language, so it probably isn't appropriate for most children under the age of 15 or 16, but it is an invaluable tool for the adolescent who displays the tendencies of addictive and/or self-destructive behavior. I have two children, aged 20 and 22 who don't appear to have any such tendencies, but they will be getting a copy of the book from me as well!

Buy it now, read it, and I'm sure you will agree. "I Romanced The Stone" is a story that everyone should read!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Todays's Youth, August 22, 2006

By	Philip F. Harris "co-author, WAKING GOD" (Somerville, Maine USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book should should be required reading in every school. Follow the path of a man who got caught and trapped in the world of drugs with little hope of escape. Wilson tells of the creeping destuctiveness that drugs can cause and offers himself as an example of how not to live your life. Only through personal courage and the support of family and friends does the author live to tell his tale. Help our youth not make the same mistakes and spread the word about this book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I romanced the stone, October 24, 2006

By	Sue A "Sue" (Michigan) - See all my reviews

I am a mother of two children in their early twenties and an educator. I found the book, I Romanced The Stone, riveting! I simply couldn't put it down. Marvin brilliantly took me places I hope to never go personally.

Like any great author, Mr. Wilson allows you to feel, smell, and see everything that is happening to him during those dark, confused times. I couldn't wait to find out what happened next and, thankfully, it was an awesome ending! A true testiment of the miracles God preforms in today's troubled times.

You must read it!