Cindy Morgan Explores the Secrets of the Human Heart in Her New Novel

Two-time GRAMMY® nominee and thirteen-time Dove winner Cindy Morgan will be releasing her new novel The Year of Jubilee on April 18 via Tyndale House. The book is a lyrical coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the turbulent South in the early 1960s. You can pre-order the book HERE.

The Mockingbird family has always lived peacefully in Jubilee, Kentucky, despite the divisions that mark their small town. Until the tense summer of 1963, when their youngest child, Isaac, falls gravely ill. Middle sister Grace, nearly fourteen, is determined to do whatever it takes to save her little brother. With her father and mother away at the hospital, Grace is left under the loving but inexperienced eye of her aunt June, with little to do but wait and worry. Inspired by a young teacher's mission for change, she begins to flirt with danger-and with a gifted boy named Golden, who just might be the key to saving Isaac's life. Then the unthinkable happens, and the world as she knows it shifts in ways she never could have imagined. Grace must decide what she believes amid the swirling, conflicting voices even of those she loves the most.

From gifted songwriter Cindy Morgan comes this lyrical, tender tale of a girl standing at the threshold of adulthood, learning the depths of the human heart and the bonds of family that bend, break, and bind together over and over again. 

Morgan writes, "It is a work of fiction, but like most fiction, is meant to express a greater truth about what happens to a family that has experienced a great tragedy.

"After I wrote the opening scene, inspired by my first memory as a child, I laid it down for seven years, then picked it back up and kept going. I have been writing and re-writing this novel for the last ten years. I wasn't sure if it would ever find a home, but I am grateful to say, after twenty one drafts and ten years, that the amazing publishers at @tyndalehouse are releasing it on April 18th-a Spring release!" 

Morgan has 21 number one radio hits to her credit, and has penned songs for notable artists including David Archuletta, Vince Gill, India.Arie, TJ Shepherd, Rascal Flatts, Ricky Skaggs, Amy Grant, Glen Campbell, Mandisa, Natalie Grant, Michael W. Smith, Point of Grace, Brandon Heath, Britt Nicole, Sandra McCracken, Josh Garrels, Sierra Hull, Kris Allen, and EchoSmith among many others.

In 2017, Morgan's song "Bird in a Cage" was performed by Robert Redford and Sasha Lazard in the movie Blind starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore. Cindy has authored three books, Barefoot on Barbed Wire (Harvest House Publishers, 2001), Dance Me Daddy (HarperCollins, 2009), and her memoir, How Could I Ask for More (Worthy Inspired, 2015) in addition to being a co-creator of the charitable Hymns for Hunger Tour, which has raised awareness and resources for hunger relief organizations across the globe. 

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