Best Selling Books by Julie Cantrell

Saturated in Southern ambiance and written in the vein of other literary bestsellers like Kathryn Stockett’s The Help and Tom Franklin’s Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Julie Cantrell’s New York Times bestselling Into the Free that will sweep you away long after the novel ends. 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 she finally make her way into the free? Millie is just a girl. But she’s 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 bestselling 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. . . . Into the Free swept me up and swept me along.” —Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of The Ice Master New York Times bestseller Can be read as a stand-alone novel, although the story continues in When Mountains Move Book length: approximately 90,000 words Includes a reader’s guide, author interview, and discussion questions for book clubs

A child is reminded that God loves him all the time, even when he is alone.

“Feathers—no matter what size or shape or color—are all the same, if you think about them. They’re soft. Delicate. But the secret thing about feathers is . . . they are very strong.” In the pre-Katrina glow of New Orleans, Amanda Salassi is anxious about chaperoning her daughter’s sixth-grade field trip to the Big Easy during Halloween. And then her worst fears come true. Her daughter’s best friend, Sarah, disappears amid the magic and revelry—gone, without a trace. Unable to cope with her guilt, Amanda’s daughter sinks into depression. And Amanda’s husband turns destructive as he watches his family succumb to grief. Before long, Amanda’s whole world has collapsed. Amanda knows she has to save herself before it’s too late. As she continues to search for Sarah, she embarks on a personal journey, seeking hope and purpose in the wake of so much tragedy and loss. Set amidst the murky parishes of rural Louisiana and told through the eyes of two women who confront the darkest corners of humanity with quiet and unbreakable faith, The Feathered Bone is Julie Cantrell’s master portrait of love in a fallen world.

Into the Free 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 Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin, Julie Cantrell has created in Into the Free—now a New York Times bestseller—a story that will sweep you away long after the novel ends. When Mountains Move 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 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 past can be used to build a beautiful future.

Millie and her new husband Bump leave Mississippi and head for the Colorado Rockies where they struggle to build a home, set up a veterinary practice, and cope with Millie's dark secret.

From New York Times bestselling author Julie Cantrell comes a story of family and the Southern roots that call us home. “If Julie Cantrell isn’t on your reading list, she should be.” —Lisa Wingate Years ago, Lovey chose to leave her family and the South far behind. But now that she’s returned, she’s realizing things at home were not always what they seemed. Eva Sutherland—known to all as Lovey—grew up safe and secure in Oxford, Mississippi, surrounded by a rich literary history and her mother’s stunning flower gardens. But a shed fire, and the injuries it caused, changed everything. Her older sister, Bitsy, blamed Lovey for the irreparable damage. Bitsy became the homecoming queen and the perfect Southern belle who could do no wrong. All the while, Lovey served as the family scapegoat, always bearing the brunt when Bitsy threw blame her way. At eighteen, suffocating in her sister’s shadow, Lovey turned down a marriage proposal and fled to Arizona. Free from Bitsy’s vicious lies, she became a successful advertising executive and a weekend yoga instructor, carving a satisfying life for herself. But at forty-five, Lovey is feeling more alone than ever and questioning the choices that led her here. When her father calls insisting she come home three weeks early for her parents’ 50th anniversary, Lovey is at her wits’ end. She’s about to close the biggest contract of her career, and there’s a lot on the line. But despite the risks, her father’s words, “Family First,” draw her back to the red-dirt roads of Mississippi. Lovey is quickly engrossed in a secret project—a memory garden her father has planned as an anniversary surprise. But the landscaper who’s also working on it is none other than Fisher, the first boy she ever loved. As she helps create this sacred space, Lovey begins to rediscover her roots, the power of second chances, and how to live perennially in spite of life’s many trials and tragedies.

In this book, furry friends reveal that even the biggest and bravest of God’s creatures feel frightened sometimes. This comforting story allows parents to build stronger bonds with their children while reminding readers of all ages that fear, loneliness, and hopelessness can be alleviated when we put our trust in God. The story ends with an easy-to-remember Bible verse that teaches children about God’s love. “Fear not, for I am with you” (Isaiah 41:10).

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.

This IBM® Redbooks® publication explains how to configure and manage independent disk pool (IASP) functionality of IBM i 6.1. It is designed to help IBM technical professionals, business partners, and customers understand and implement independent disk pools in the IBM i 6.1. In addition, this publication provides the background information that is necessary to plan, implement, and customize this functionality to your particular environment. It provides guidance on running user applications with either application data or most application objects residing in an independent disk pool. Considering that you can also use independent disk pools in a cluster environment, this publication shows you the basic steps to make your independent disk pool switchable between two Power SystemsTM servers or a single server with multiple LPARs. Independent auxiliary storage pools have many business and technical advantages for Power Systems using IBM i. Not only are independent auxiliary storage pools (IASPs) easy to create and maintain, most applications can use them by simple work management changes. IASPs can provide immediate benefits to your enterprise.

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?

Lente 1943. Een bruiloft en een verhuizing naar de andere kant van het land zullen Millies wereld voorgoed veranderen. Kon haar verleden ook maar veranderen Na haar bruiloft laat Millie de doorweekte velden van Mississippi achter zich en zet ze koers naar de wildernis: de Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Maar haar duistere geheim, waarvan zelfs haar nieuwe echtgenoot niet weet, gaat met haar mee. Langzaam begint tot Millie door te dringen hoe ingrijpend deze ervaring uit haar verleden alles zal beïnvloeden wat ze meemaakt. Millie moet een lange weg gaan voor ze in het leven een nieuwe kans krijgt. Ze ontdekt iets dat sterker is dan haar verleden: haar toekomst.

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.

When a golden retriever finds a stranded duckling, the two begin an unlikely friendship that will stand the test of time. This read-aloud picture book instills a love of literature in pre-schoolers while teaching them the value of kindness.

'Het maakt niet uit hoe groot ze zijn, of welke vorm of kleur ze hebben – veren zijn allemaal hetzelfde. Ze zijn zacht, teer. Maar ze hebben een verborgen eigenschap: ze zijn ijzersterk.' Als Amanda Salassi als begeleidster meegaat met het schoolreisje van haar twaalfjarige dochter Ellie, wordt haar grootste angst bewaarheid: Sarah, de beste vriendin van haar dochter, verdwijnt spoorloos in het moerasland van Louisiana. Amanda's wereld stort binnen korte tijd volledig in. Het kost het uiterste van haar krachten om niet in de wanhoop ten onder te gaan. De niet-aflatende zoektocht naar Sarah wordt voor Amanda tegelijkertijd een persoonlijke zoektocht naar hoop en zin in tijden van ondraaglijk verdriet en verlies. Een hartverscheurend portret van liefde en moed in een gebroken wereld. - Originele eigentijdse setting: de verwoestende orkaan Katrina - Waardevolle, gevoelig geschreven psychologische roman De media over Het lied van de bomen: 'Er zijn van die boeken waarvan je het echt jammer vindt dat je ze uit hebt.' - Nederlands Dagblad 'Een heerlijk verrijkend boek.' - Eva, vier sterren

"I call the loss of a brother or sister the loss of a lifetime. Because who else do we expect to spend an entire lifetime alongside?" -Lynn L. Shattuck Those who lose a sister or brother to death are often referred to as "forgotten" or "invisible" mourners. But the impact of outliving a sibling is complex and long-lasting, stretching and morphing over the years. This collection of writing from 26 authors examines sibling loss from a number of unique perspectives, including dealing with the death of an estranged sibling, unpacking delayed grief, what it means to know your existence is inextricably tangled with a sister's death, and exploring signs and continuing bonds, while also validating common experiences among grieving siblings such as having our loss overlooked, a lack of resources and the impossibility of "getting over it." These stories affirm that the death of a brother or sister is a profound and life-altering loss-and that both love and grief can last a lifetime.

This research focuses on helping intermediate students with behavior disorders to make successful transitions from special education classrooms to general education. Two students who are being mainstreamed and two groups of education professionals were interviewed. The results of this study confirmed the literature that suggests the need for individualized plans and follow-up support for students.

This study examines Deaf parents with children who have cochlear implants on their beliefs and perspectives of bilingualism in American Sign Language and English using complementary mixed methods through surveys and follow-up interviews. Seventeen families participated in the survey and eight families continued their participation in semi-formal follow-up interviews. Findings show a majority of the Deaf families in the study exhibit positive beliefs and perspectives towards using both English and ASL for their children with cochlear implants and set high expectations for their children to become equally fluent in both languages, including English. However, American Sign Language is perceived to be essential for effective communication among families as well as for developing a strong identity as a Deaf person and a foundation for learning English. Parents' beliefs and perspectives towards both languages may stem from their own experiences being Deaf and being bilingual. They value both languages as part of their children's lives for social, academic, and cognitive gains.

Five holiday novellas inspired by the favorite holiday films National Lampoon's Christmas vacation, White Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, The Nutcracker, and Remember the night.