A Common Life: The Wedding Story (The Mitford Years #6)
by Jan Karon
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Author: Jan KaronEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-03-26
ISBN: 0142000345
Number of pages: 186
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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- ISBN13: 9780142000342
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Book Reviews of A Common Life: The Wedding Story (The Mitford Years #6)
Book Review: A great 6th book!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great Mitford story!
It's great to read a Christian novel like A Common Life. It's powerful, fun, thrilling and packs a Christian punch to make it all round great reading. It's not easy to find a good novel like this, where those with Christian values and principles win in the end, or you are not subjected to thrill killings or horror junk stories. Stories like A Common Life make fiction worthwhile, and worth reading.
I came across a set of fun, exciting and thrilling Christian novels written 100 years ago by Horatio Alger that had just been reprinted. It was a Christian friend who also likes to read personal growth books, (Tony Robbins, etc), that first noticed Alger. Alger was famous for writing very good `rags to riches' stories - what I did not know, was that he peppered his books with Christian values, ethics, etc, that were partly the reason for the success of the hero of the story. Interesting too, Alger wrote the practical reasons that the hero's make his achievement, thus you can learn a lot of good business principles that that just as useful and valid today as 100 years ago. Perhaps more so!
To top it off, Alger was a great fiction writer, great plots, thrills and lots of hurdles that the main character has to overcome to succeed - just like any Christian today.
I can recommend both A Common Life, and any of the Alger books; here are a few if you would like to experience them too!
The Cash Boy: A Classic Rags to Riches Story!
Driven from Home: Carl Crawford's Experience
The Errand Boy: A Classic Rags to Riches Story!
Frank's Campaign: A Classic Rags to Riches Story!
Luke Walton: A Classic Rags to Riches Story!
Summary of A Common Life: The Wedding Story (The Mitford Years #6)
Mitford's Lord's Chapel seats barely two hundred souls, yet millions of Jan Karon's fans will be there for the most joyful event in years: the wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh and Cynthia Coppersmith. Here at last is A Common Life, and the long-awaited answers to these deeply probing questions: Will Father Tim fall apart when he takes his vows? Will Cynthia make it to the church on time? Who'll arrange the flowers and bake the wedding cake? And will Uncle Billy's prayers for a great joke be answered in time for the reception?
All the beloved Mitford characters will be there: Dooley Barlowe, Miss Sadie and Louella, Emma Newland, the mayor; in short, everybody who's anybody in the little town with the big heart.
A Common Life is the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, anniversaries, and for a bride or groom to give to his or her beloved. In truth, it's perfect for anyone who believes in laughter, relies on hope, and celebrates love.
A Common Life is a trip back in time for fans of "the little town with the big heart." Somewhere between the second and third volumes of Jan Karon's Mitford Years series, dyed-in-the-wool bachelor Father Timothy Kavanagh and his next-door neighbor Cynthia Coppersmith tied the knot. The author left it to readers' imaginations to fill in the blanks. In this delightful story, Karon paints a complete picture of the events surrounding the wedding of Mitford's best-loved couple, and chronicles the poignant and often hilarious reactions to the nuptial news by the tightly knit North Carolina community.
All the details cherished by those who are enchanted by weddings are offered here, from the color of the bridal outfit (aquamarine) to the choice of flowers (virgin's bower and hydrangeas). When the wedding bells finally ring, the pews are packed with the people who make Mitford special: ornery Uncle Billy, delightful Miss Sadie, indispensable Louella, and the cantankerous Emma Newland. And there's not a dry eye in the house when Father Tim's problematic foster child Dooley Barlowe sings for the two people who love him the most.
A Common Life is not just a wedding story. It's also an intimate portrait of the unfolding love between Cynthia and the shy Father Tim, complete with fears and hesitations, professions of commitment, and Barnabas the dog delivering love letters. But there's nothing heavy-handed here. The tensions don't run any higher than wondering if Cynthia will make it to the wedding on time after getting locked inside her own bathroom, or guessing if Esther will make her famous three-layer orange marmalade cake for the reception. Told in the warm, down-home style that Karon has built her reputation on, A Common Life is sweet without being saccharine, charming without being cloying. It's an invitation to a literary reunion of the best kind, and like all weddings, it will probably coax a few tears and plenty of smiles. --Cindy Crosby
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