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Book Reviewed by Lynnelle Harrell, MSW Charese's story is "our" story. Her pain, thoughts and words have been and still are experienced by not only women but mankind. There's just something about knowing that you are not the only one going through--not the only one that has been abandoned, forgotten, mistreated, misunderstood and used. There is power and strength in knowing that you are not alone in your struggle and that not only has someone else gone through what you have or are experiencing, but they have overcome and are not merely surviving but thriving, which is evident all throughout Charese's story. Because of Charese's willingness to share her story, readers worldwide will gain encouragement, strength, motivation and the security in knowing that the same God that brought her through will do the same for them. Charese eloquently describes in one of her poems, her life story as a play whose end is rewritten by her Heavenly Father. While our life story may have different characters and scenes, the "theme" is the same. On our own, we are all lost and abandoned without true and lasting hope, but just as the end of Charese's story was changed and her life transformed, so it can and will be with you. An Abandoned Woman: Found by God is the perfect illustration of what we are called to do: to comfort others who are in distress and going through a storm with the same comfort we have received from our Heavenly Father as we experience distress and go through storms. Because of Charese's courage to share her story in An Abandoned Woman: Found by God, many people will be comforted, strengthened and transformed, and they too will then be able to comfort and strengthen others as they share their stories. --Lynnelle Harrell, MSW (Master of Social Work) Author of Poetic Journey (Richmond, VA) |
