Into the Free

Saturated in Southern ambiance and written in the vein of other literary best sellers like Kathryn Stocketts The Help and Tom Franklins Crooked Letter Crooked Letter Julie Cantrells New York Times best-selling Into the Free that will sweep you away long after the novel ends 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 that unlocks generations of shocking family secrets. When tragedy strikes the mysterious contents of the box give Millie the tools she needs to break her familys 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 she finally make her way into the free?Millie is just a girl. But shes the only one strong enough to break the family cycle.Gritty compelling and beautifully told Into the Free will take you into a coming-of-age story filled with heartrending hardship and luminous hope. Julie Cantrell is a writer to watch! (Lisa Wingate New York Times best-selling author of Before We Were Yours)Readers will fall in love with Millie Reynolds girl with one eye on the heavens and the other on the savages that occupy our world...a searing tale of heartache faith forgiveness and doubt set amid gypsies angels addicts asylums roughnecks and rodeo hands. (Neil White author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts)A lyrical moving haunting wise brutal warmhearted and ultimately freeing and inspiring coming-of-age tale told with poetic honesty..to the Free swept me up and swept me along. (Jennifer Niven best-selling author of The Ice Master)New York Times best sellerCan be read as a stand-alone novel although the story continues in When Mountains MoveBook length: approximately 90000 wordsIncludes a readers guide author interview and discussion questions for book clubs