Book Reviews

In A New Song Rises Up! Sharing Struggles Toward Salvation

Carin Jayne Casey shares the struggles we encounter as humans living with the Spirit of Christ. As in her book, My Dear Rosa Jean, Carin shares a powerful testimony from victim to victor.

When you read her story, you will be amazed but, most importantly, encouraged and inspired to continue fighting the evil meant for us. She does this honestly, with no self-pity. Nothing gets in the way of Carin sharing what God saved her from. And, what He saved her for.

This book will walk you through the challenges we all face as Christians in our every day walking out of salvation. She takes you through what commonly trips us up from victory and shares how to get free for the new life promised in Christ.

Carin is on a bold mission to share the Gospel, especially for women who suffer at the hands of domestic violence. She shares from true-life experience and the hope of the new song that rises in all of us as we leave the shackles of despair into the light of power and grace.

Read this book.

Carin Jayne Casey’s heroine in My Dear Rosa Jean is a mature woman trying to understand her emotionally-charged past. Rosa Jean narrates her family history in the Prologue, and from that point we are hooked. The concise, no-nonsense prose tells us that the narrator is not a pitiful victim, but an intelligent woman on a quest with no time for wallowing in self-pity.

The author set out to write an entertaining novel that would help “anyone who may have suffered from child abuse or domestic violence, whether directly or indirectly.” She has succeeded. The narrator’s Aunt Grace is her sounding board. The grace with which she receives her niece’s story, much of which she was unaware of, is the reader’s role model for how to be a helpful friend to one “going through.”

As the story unfolds, we also see the pivotal role that an employer, an attorney, and even bystanders can play in recognizing abuse and supporting the victim in that moment.

The only thing I would add to this novel is an index for easy reference to key concepts. My list includes: child abuse, co-dependency, controlling techniques, escalating abuse, financial abuse, the Hook, legal difficulties, manipulation, parental abuse, pity parties, PTSD, why women don’t fight back, why women return, why women stay, and workplace support.

Carin Jayne Casey is a DV advocate whose mantra is “Awareness. Compassion. Recovery. Peace.” It is not surprising that she has written a novel which advocates can use for public awareness, and also as a tool for those in bondage or in recovery.

Angela Brown

Founder of Yeshua’s House

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