Carrie

Carrie: Season of a Second Chance is told by the main characters’ daughter, Dorothy Lyons, about the life lessons learned by Carrie from her childhood though adulthood. Carrie begins as an innocent, hardworking young girl, determined to reach her goals, and quickly leads to her young-adult years, where she’s faced with the decision to follow her emotions or follow God’s leading. From there on out, we see as Carrie toils over decisions, often times making wise choices, and often times lead by fear and her emotions. She disobeys God’s direct leading, and has to live with that choice, and the consequences that come from her disobedience. Yet, she lives each day, determined and strong in hope that God will take care of her, and guide her.

If you’re looking for a book that grabs a hold of you, pulls you in, emotionally, and won’t let go until you’re finished reading, this is not the book for you. That is not the style of writing that Dorothy Lyons chose for this particular book. This story is written more of a biographical style, presenting the facts in clear timeline, telling you of some emotions that were experienced by the characters, but not really drawing you in to relate to their feelings/situations. If a couple of chapters are read each day, you’ll be able to learn a lot about the characters in the story, as well as some good life lessons in perseverance, faith, and obedience to God.

Carrie: Season of a Second Chance is a great book to read for anyone who has ever disobeyed God, and wanders if God ever does give second chances… if God does forgive… if God will give you a better future, even if you didn’t chose His way earlier. In this book, we have the opportunity to walk thru Carrie’s decisions, seeing how they affect her life, as well as her children’s lives, and can easily compare it to our own lives. Even after making wrong decisions, Carrie always returned her eyes to her Lord, and asked for help and guidance, and was blessed to see Him come through for her family.

Carrie’s story is applicable for any age, as an enjoyable, encouraging, motivating, and convicting book about persevering through trials and rough times in life, and never loosing hope that God is there and will guide you.

Review contributed by: Amber T. G. She is a member of South Park Baptist Church, in Grand Prairie, TX, avid reader of Christian novels, and is involved in several ministries, both locally and around the world.