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Summary: Great Escape!
Review: Jan Karon certainly made me want to live in Mitford. Since I can't do that her books have been the closest thing to being there.I'm on the third book in the series and look forward to spending time with Father Tim and Cynthia and the wonderful and real cast of characters who inhabit Mitford. I first read about Mitford and Jan Karon when I picked up a copy of TEA magazine and read a review of her new book A New Song and an interview with Jan Karon. I grew up in a small New England town much like Mitford. It is a delight to escape there everytime I read about miss Rose, uncle Billy, Emma and Dooley not to mention the Main Street Grille. Each book includes a certain amount of mystery too. Will Tim and Cynthia get married? Will Dooley become a gentleman? Will Barnabas return?These questions keep me coming back for more and more. Ms.Karon please keep writing and providing me with a great escape.
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Summary: At Home in Mitford
Review: Very interesting, relaxing, quaint, charming
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Summary: If you haven't made it to Mitford yet ...
Review: you have a wonderful journey waiting. Like crawling inside a Thomas Kinkade painting, a way to renew faith (in all things) and spiritual journey, The Mitford Series is EXACTLY what we all need more of.
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Summary: Some of the most heartwarming books I've ever read.
Review: Jan Karon has created a town and family/friends, that makes everyone who reads these books want to live right there in Mitford. I'm ready to go now. The books were so uplifting, so warm and loving how could anyone not love them. A real treasure these days -- it takes me back to my childhood remembering Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver.
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Summary: fabulous, enchanting, I am reading them again!
Review: I have read all four of Jan Karon's Mitford series--am re-reading them before I start her latest. They transport me to another time--give me feelings of peace and happiness. I would recommend these books to anyone who really wants to know if good authors do indeed exist these days--I have made Mitford addicts out of all of my friends!!!
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Summary: Wonderful read; wonderful visit to Mitford...
Review: I've read the first three books in the Mitford series; and I regret there is only one left. Jan Karon's writing style is as good and true as her characters are. I loved sharing each day with the folks in Mitford, especially Father Tim. I now have a goal to find my Mitford and go live there in peace and harmony for the rest of my days. Wish me luck!
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Summary: The pages fly by far too quickly!
Review: I picked up the first book in the series not knowing what to expect. What a lovely surprise! I was almost immediately infatuated with Father Tim and all the wonderful and unique inhabitants of Mitford. The little situations Father Tim finds himself in are sometimes funny, sometimes serious, and always put into the hands of God to be solved by His grace. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole series, though I hated to reach the last page of each one! Catch up on your sleep before you start this set!
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Summary: A breath of fresh air.......
Review: What a joy it is to experience life alongside Father Tim. The way that he weaves prayer into every situation in his life is both refreshing and challenging. Jan Karon has done a marvellous job creating a main character that is filled with idealistic qualities, and yet real enough that we can all associate with his thoughts and actions. I find it exciting to see that such a decent and Godly series has become a bestseller. Keep the books flowing....
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Summary: For all its lightness, strangely compelling...stays with you
Review: This book, about ordinary people who are as extraordinary on the inside as everyone of us thinks we are, grabs you and holds on. Karon's a good storyteller--and a literate one; some wonderful turns of phrase, and compelling images. The middle-agers'love story rings quietly true, meanders through a couple of volumes without a single x-rated page, but passionate at the level of the heart. One lovely set of chapters in the second volume recalls the nearly extinct, fine art of letter-writing... made me sit down and write a few. An old preacher I once knew told me "some things are better 'felt' than 'telt.'" Karon is of that school; her village is a metaphor for the dailiness of our lives, and her presentation of the flawed and foibled villagers is done with humor and humanity. Some may protest that her protagonist, Father Tim, is too good to be true. In a way, he is--but I'm guessing he's meant to be a kind of Incarnation--No compromise here with evil, but instead a way out; the offer of redemption, usually accepted--with plenty of rejoicing all around. Set in the church, the context lets Karon do theology with plot, character and setting, and it works.
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Summary: WONDERFUL; SPIRITUALLY DELIGHTFULL, A MUST READ
Review: I wish everyone in the world could read this wonderful book. Icouln't wait to read. I was sorry each ended. I wanted to go livethere and walk down the streets of that peaceful town. I wanted to go see the older ladies on the hill. never read a book that delightful.
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