Runaway and the forgotten prisoners: Auto biography

By Charles Cofield

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970905408
• ISBN13: 9780970905406
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Runaway Publishing
• Length: 215 Pages

Customer Reviews

About Runaway...

when I read this book I thought it was just a creative history. I dont to like read books but this one I think is one of the best books cause its a real history and Charles express his feelings since he was a kid and all he had lived in mexico and in the US the most attractive thing is the part in the jail, when he explains how it is inside and all they have to resist when they want to live and when they have a reason to change their lives. Im 16 years old student who lives in Mexico, and I really recommend this book for everyone!

Mystery of Mercy

Mystery of Mercy People like to read about people. Real people. Charles Cofield is real and reveals in the early years of his life the mystery of GOD's mercy. People often ask 'Why, Why me?' We are captured by painful punches. The devastion, deceit and destruction that another person goes through holds our attention. We want to see the young 'El Pato' cross the Rio Grande again, again and yet again. We want to read about this adventure of a boy-becoming-a-man who longs for love, worth and freedom. This is a timely easy read. Our nation, the United States of America, is debating in Congress now the policy of immigration and the lack of humanity in our judicial and prison sytems. Cofield's book does not directly address solutions of such magnitude. But, through his life experiences, he provides real examples of the coruption and caring that makes these issues complex. Certanily one can feel the 'crazy anger' that results when those in a position of unchecked power cruely abuse another human life. The author makes you feel with him the hot desire to right wrongs. This is perhaps not an auto-biography that suburban soccer Moms will buy for their troubled teen. But it is a book that should be carefully read by every youth pastor and wannabe to understand how children, youth and young men are trapped by the adversary when a young person's life is void of love, worth and meaningful guidance. It is a powerful story of indictment on church leaders who focus on mass evangelism to the exclusion of one-to-one discipleship. And it is the wonderful story of GOD's mercy, Who like the redemptive Exodus for the children of Israel, GOD's Strong Right Arm brought Charles Cofield to a New Promise. Yes, the author is not a polished writer. The translation from Spanish to English reveals in grammar and syntax that English is a second language. However, that roughness, I believe, enhances the raw material that was 'El Pato's' early life. He is real and his life is real. Cofield does not get 'preachy' in his book, as he turns the last quarter of his pages to a 'rags to riches' (okay 'riches' is 'evangelastic' - a strectch) triumph. Cofield is clear and unafraid of revealing his determination to expose the mystery of GOD's mercy to those others considered unlovable and unworthy. Given that Mr. Cofield and his wife, Marie, are sill a relatively young couple, the mystery of GOD's mercy in their life and mission has not been fully written. His is a mystery adventure worth reading and hearing in person. I recommend his first book. Also recommended: Samson's Lion