Splashed amidst childhood memories and adult challenges, singer/ songwriter Cindy Morgan bares her heart with vulnerability in Barefoot on Barbed Wire. Reading one account after another of Morgan’s secret fears evokes a genuine sense of empathy for this popular performer. Morgan spends much time retelling her past, focusing especially on events shared with intimate family and friends during her growing up years in Tennessee and the subsequent thread of fear that wound its way through her family members’ lives. While sincere, the succinct single chapter topics often jump around, distracting the reader from her over-arching message to face one’s fears through the strength and enabling power of God.