At Home in Mitford (The Mitford Years, Book 1)
by Jan Karon
Book Summary Information
Author: Jan KaronEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-11-01
ISBN: 0670882259
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Viking Adult
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780670882250
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of At Home in Mitford (The Mitford Years, Book 1)
Book Review: Cute Story
Summary: 4 Stars
Little Explorer: My New Moccasins Here you have the ingredients for a perfect book. You have a perfect town, perfect people, perfect priest, and perfect religion. Yes this is a fluffy extreme fictional work. If you want a light read, this is your book. If you want religion, this is your book. It has a jewel thief who becomes a religious icon, a homeless man that leads with the banner of Christ simplicity, and some really bad dognappers that are drug dealers. You also have a sick man who is miraculously cured of pneumonia with prayer, a woman with a fatal heart condition who gets a new heart through prayer, and a cop who gets shot but survives with his love at his side. You also have a priest with a sudden and extreme diabetic condition that gets worse as he falls in love with a perfect woman. The author presents a somewhat long but entertaining story with characters she fleshes out well. The negative to me is that it is too too too perfect. If you are looking for affirmation of the perfect faith, this is your book, but I pull one line out from the book that struck me with significance - "Do not look at what the Christians do, look at what Christ does." I give the long book a four because it did make me think about my own belief in the power of thought. I might read the sequels because you cannot help but like the characters like Dooley (Opie of Mayberry RFD) and the dog Barnabas. The priest is fairly human at times. But I will not read a sequel to quickly because like the diabetic priest, I can't handle too many sweet sugary stories at one sitting.
Summary of At Home in Mitford (The Mitford Years, Book 1)
With more than 2 million copies of the Mitford Years titles in print, the endearing and eccentric residents of the little town with the big heart have become like family members to hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic readers. Fans just can't get enough--they swarm to Jan Karon's author appearances and flock to Mitford events hosted by bookstores.Father Tim, a cherished small-town rector, is the steadfast soldier in this beloved slice of life story set in an American village where the grass is still green, the pickets are still white, and the air still smells sweet. The rector's forthright secretary, Emma Garret, worries about her employer, as she sees past his Christian cheerfulness into his aching loneliness. Slowly but surely, the empty places in Father Tim's heart do get filled. First with a gangly stray dog, later with a seemingly stray boy, and finally with the realization that he is stumbling into love with his independent and Christian-wise next-door neighbor. Much more than a gentle love story, this is a homespun tale about a town of endearing characters-- including a mysterious jewel thief--who are as quirky and popular as those of Mayberry, R.F.D. --Gail Hudson
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