Laughter Calls Me

Laughter Calls Me by Catherine Brown

This book is subtitled, "A young Woman's search for truth leads to a courageous battle to save her children:" and it is a true story about a young mother who discovers that her children have become the victims of child pornography, a situation perpetrated by a family member and the tedious heart wrenching court battles that ensues. It's a book that shows how her faith in the Lord sees her through. Be warned, ecause of the subject matter, it is not an easy read.

I can see where this book could be very encouraging to someone who could relate to this experience. Pornography and especial child pornography or any kind of sexual abuse is often not only a reality some people need to face, but it is such an emotionally painful issue discuss and very hard to "go public" with if you find you need to, hard to even talk about, so I applaud this woman's sharing of her life. In her story, there is no doubt as to the difficulties, and I will add here that this story also involves divorce.

It's an honest book, so if you decide to read it, be prepared for that. It's a glimpse into treading through the quagmire of emotion and legalities when they come face to face with the reality of child sexual abuse, but it has a happier ending... ultimately that of a hope in Jesus Christ our Lord and hoe God is with us even in the pain.

I have loaned my book to a couple of people, and though it has been returned we have never had a chance to talk about the book. I think it's the subject matter. It's been about three years since I read it, but it is one that I will not soon forget. As it turns out, Catherine Brown is not the real name of the author, it's a pseudonym, but she has since disclosed her real identity and I can tell you, she is a real person, someone this story really happened too.

I like reading biographicals about real people, their thoughts and their lives and I like this book because it's Christian. I think of it along the lines of Corrie Ten Boom and her story of living life in the hardship of a concentration camp, or Elizabeth Elliot who lived through the loss of her husband, her friend. Laughter Calls me, is the story of a hippie girl of the sixties who is busy doing her own thing until she comes to faith in the Lord and it's about the Lord's faithfulness to see her through such painful and difficult issues in her life as she holds on to her faith despite the darkness she is in.

This book can be ordered from Lighthouse Trails Publishing Company, lighthousetrails.com and in case you are wondering, Catherine Brown is thepen name for Deborah Dombrowski, editor of Lighthouse Trails Publishing.