Into the Free by Julie Cantrell

This week, the  Christian Fiction Blog Alliance  is introducing  Into the Free  David C. Cook (February 1, 2012)  by  Julie Cantrell   
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
 

A speech-language pathologist and literacy advocate, Julie Cantrell was the editor-in-chief of the Southern Literary Review and currently teaches English as a second language to elementary students. She has been a freelance writer for ten years and has published two children’s books. Julie and her family live in Mississippi where they operate Valley House Farm.

Julie served as contributing editor to MOMSense magazine and wrote content for Mothers of Preschoolers, Intl. for nearly a decade. Additionally, she has contributed to more than a dozen books. Into the Free is her first book.  


ABOUT THE BOOK

Just a girl. The only one strong enough to break the cycle.

In Depression-era Mississippi, Millie Reynolds longs to escape the madness that marks her world. With an abusive father and a “nothing mama,” she struggles to find a place where she really belongs.

For answers, Millie turns to the Gypsies who caravan through town each spring. The travelers lead Millie to a key which unlocks generations of shocking family secrets. When tragedy strikes, the mysterious contents of the box give Millie the tools she needs to break her family’s longstanding cycle of madness and abuse.

Through it all, Millie experiences the thrill of first love while fighting to trust the God she believes has abandoned her. With the power of forgiveness, can Millie finally make her way into the free?


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If you would like to read the first chapter of Into the Free, go HERE.

Margie's comments: In the chaos that is my life right now, I haven't had a chance to read this book. But I've been hearing tons of good things about it. It is garnering much more attention than most debut novels do. So I think I'm moving this book from the middle of my to be reviewed pile to the top. For now . . . off to my crazy schedule!