Julie Cantrell

When two estranged sisters reunite for their parents' 50th anniversary, a family tragedy brings unexpected lessons of hope and healing amid the flowers of their mother's perennial garden. Eva--known to all as Lovey--grew up in Oxford, MS, surrounded by literary history and her mother's stunning perennial gardens. But a garden shed fire and the burns suffered by one of her best friends seemed to change everything. Her older sister Bitsy blamed her for the fire--and no one spoke up on her behalf. Bitsy the cheerleader, Bitsy the homecoming queen, Bitsy married to a wealthy investor. And all the while, Lovey blamed for everything that goes wrong. At eighteen, Lovey turns down a marriage proposal, flees from Oxford and the expectations of attending Ole Miss, and instead goes to Arizona--the farthest thing from the South she can imagine. She becomes a successful advertising executive, a weekend yoga instructor, and seems to have it all together. But she's alone. And on her 45th birthday, she can't help but wonder what's wrong. When she gets a call from her father--still known to everyone as Chief from his Ole Miss football days--insisting that she come home three weeks early for her parents' 50th wedding anniversary celebration, she's at wits end. She's about to close the biggest contract of her career, the one that will secure her financial goals and set her up for retirement. But his words, "Family First," hit too close to home. Is there hope for her estranged relationship with Bitsy after all this time? Eva's journey home, to the memory garden her father has planned as an anniversary surprise for her mother, becomes one of discovering roots, and truth, and love, and what living perennially in spite of disappointments and tragedy really means. Eva thought she wanted to leave her family and the South far behind . . . but she's realizing she hasn't truly been herself the whole time she's been gone.

Perennials

In a distracted moment, Amanda lost sight of young Sarah . . . and her entire world came crashing down. Going to New Orleans for a fifth grade field trip seemed like a bad idea to start with, but when Amanda lost sight of Sarah, her daughter's best friend, the bad idea became a complete nightmare. Unable to cope with the guilt of being the last one to see Sarah, Amanda's daughter commits suicide. Then, unable to deal with a wife stuck in a state of grief, Amanda's husband abandons her for a younger woman. By year's end, she's lost everything dear to her. And then, after six years without a single lead, the lost Sarah is miraculously found. The horrors she endured leave a difficult road to healing. But small signs, such as a sparrow that consistently appears at her window, kept Sarah's faith intact. She's determined that Amanda will take this new journey with her . . . to a place where they can both find hope and purpose again.

The Feathered Bone

Millie is just a girl. But she's the only one strong enough to break the family 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 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 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? Saturated in Southern ambiance and written in the vein of other Southern literary bestsellers like The Help by Kathryn Stockett and CrookedLetter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin, Julie Cantrell has created Into theFree--now a New York Times bestseller--a story that will sweep you away long after the novel ends.

Into the Free

When Mountains Move

Allen Cheney

A hidden story of human triumph, Crescendo takes you on the rare journey of a musical prodigy who changed an entire community forever. More than eighty years ago, a musical prodigy with a brilliant mind was born into a poor, uneducated, and abusive family in rural South Georgia. At three years of age, Fred Allen could play Mozart sonatas on the piano without missing a note. But in spite of his obvious talent, Fred’s parents discouraged him from expressing his creativity and intelligence, even going so far as locking him away from the old piano in their home. Forced to fend for himself through his adolescent years, Fred knew that if he was ever to make something of himself, he would need to find a way to rise above his broken background. With incredible effort, and a few miracles along the way, Fred managed to do just that, eventually earning acceptance into The Julliard School in New York City. While simultaneously attending Juilliard, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University, he also began directing a local church choir, where he caught the attention of the music industry. During the musical revolution of the 1960s, Fred earned numerous Grammy nominations and built a growing reputation within the industry. But just as his new career was beginning to take off, Fred was faced with an impossible decision. His wife announced that she no longer wanted to raise their daughter in New York City and was heading home to the South. Fred had come so far from the pain and brokenness of his past, he couldn’t imagine giving up everything just to return to his childhood home. Trying not to think about what could have been, Fred took a job as a high school music teacher in his hometown of Thomasville, Georgia, a community of only 30,000 people. Far from the executive suites of RCA and the allure of Broadway, Fred never could have imagined that his new role would not only transform his life but also change an entire community forever.

The True Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town

Crescendo

Mississippi, 1929. Millie Reynolds groeit op tijdens de crisisjaren. Ze wil niets liever dan ontsnappen aan haar ellendige bestaan: een gewelddadige vader en een moeder die haar verwaarloost. Vastbesloten gaat ze op zoek naar een plaats waar ze zich echt thuisvoelt. Dan ontdekt Millie de sleutel van een kist die verrassende geheimen uit vorige generaties van haar eigen familie onthult. Wanneer haar leven een tragische wending neemt, kan Millie dankzij de mysterieuze inhoud van deze kist eindelijk de langdurige vicieuze cirkel van waanzin en mishandeling in haar familie doorbreken. Door dit alles heen ondergaat Millie de ontroerende ervaring van haar eerste liefde. Tegelijkertijd wordt haar vertrouwen op God op de proef gesteld. Zal Millie dankzij de kracht van vergeving uiteindelijk de weg vinden naar echte vrijheid?

Het lied van de bomen

Jeanine Erades

Leendert van Wezel

Drie topromans in één e-bookbundel voor deze zomer voor thuis op of vakantie: Het lied van de bomen van Julie Cantrell. Millie groeit op tijdens de crisisjaren, bij een gewelddadige vader een moeder die haar verwaarloost. Vastbesloten gaat ze op zoek naar een plaats waar ze zich werkelijk thuis voelt. 'Er zijn van die boeken waarvan je het echt jammer vindt dat je ze uit hebt.' - Nederlands Dagblad Nynke van Leendert van Wezel. Nynke is een beklemmend verhaal van een middeleeuwse vrouw die langzaam maar zeker verstrikt raakt in een web van verdenking, jaloezie en kwaadsprekerij, gezien door de ogen van haar broer. Een volksgericht? Of was er toch meer aan de hand? Duivelsblauw van Jeanine Erades Het is mei 1552. In het Zuid-Franse Toulouse probeert de jonge Sophie zich te ontworstelen aan de invloed van haar vader. Sophie ontdekt dat achter diens succesvolle handel in blauwe verfstof een wereld van fraude en omkoping schuilgaat. Een historische roman die zich afspeelt in het Toulouse van de zestiende eeuw.

Vakantiebundel

In a few hours, Millie will say “I do” to Bump Anderson, a man who loves her through and through. But would he love her if he knew the secret she keeps? Millie’s mind is racing and there seems to be no clear line between right and wrong. Either path leads to pain, and she’ll do anything to protect the ones she loves. So she decides to bury the truth and begin again, helping Bump launch a ranch in the wilds of Colorado. But just when she thinks she’s left her old Mississippi life behind, the facts surface in the most challenging way. That’s when Millie’s grandmother, Oka, arrives to help. Relying on her age-old Choctaw traditions, Oka teaches Millie the power of second chances. Millie resists, believing redemption is about as likely as moving mountains. But Oka stands strong, modeling forgiveness as the only true path to freedom. Together, Bump, Millie, and Oka fight against all odds to create a sustainable ranch, all while learning that the important lessons of their pasts can be used to build a beautiful future.

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