The Mitford Years Box Set, Volumes 1-3: At Home in Mitford, A Light in the Window, and These High, Green Hills

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Summary: Small Town Life for the 90s
Review: The Mitford series revolves around life in the small southern town of Mitford and its favorite local minister, Father Tim. Read and find yourself immersed in the lives of the townspeople, feel as if you too have a home there and become a devoted fan of this series that gives one the desire to move to Mitford. You will enjoy the antics of the various townspeople, maybe you will recognize a few from your experiences. You will long for the seasons, the town and that slower lifestyle as you enjoy a marvelous read!

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Summary: COULDN'T WAIT TO FINISH THE SERIES
Review: The Mitford years was my first experience with audio books. I have listened to several since and I can honestly say, it is by far the best ever. I rate it a big 10. I have shared it with several friends and they also agree The Mitford series is the best. I'm anxious to find out if the author has a sequel.

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Summary: Wonderful place to visit!!!
Review: The style of writing in this book transports you there!! I feel like I know these people after reading this series! Maybe because there is a little bit of all of these characters in each of us or we at least know someone like them!!! I look forward to all the Mitford books. Wholesome, fun, and easy to read!!

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Summary: Teriffic books!
Review: These books have such interesting characters. As I read the books I felt as though I knew the people personally and was living in this small town myself. I loved all the books and wanted them to continue. I have recommended them to many of my friends. Have read all four..own the first three.....Great!

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Summary: Calming, Absorbing, Humorous, Wonderful Escape!
Review: What a great series! And to think that I put off reading the first book because I am so easily bored and I thought a "sweet" story would be just "too, too much" for me to swallow! What a jerk I was to wait! It has been a long time since I've read anything so absorbing. Karon has created a wonderful world in Mitford. She does, as others have stated, use scripture to emphasize certain points in the lives of her characters, but not in an offensive manner at all! Her effective use of humor was equally used and often had me laughing out loud! After a LONG day in a high school classroom, this series was calming and eased away the day's tensions. I am yearning to re-visit. If the next book isn't out soon, I have promised myself a good re-read!

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Summary: Totally absorbing -- and uplifting!
Review: What can I say about the four books in the Mitford series by Jan Karon? They are the greatest fiction I have read in ages. I read one, then another, then the third and fourth, and then went back and read all four a second time. Now for a busy person like me -- that really says something. I was totally absorbed, enthralled, uplifted, taken away gently to a gentler place and time where my most cherished values were brought to life in real people. Mitford was on my reading table for about a year! I hesitate to call this "Christian fiction" because it is not "religious" or "preachy" -- yet it illustrated great Judao-Christian values in slices of real life among a bevy of character any of whom could be a book in him/herself. Just imagine a schitzophrenic lady who directs traffic at the town square in her father's Civil War uniform... who has a husband who loves her with a warm humor and humility -- that's characterization at its best in American literature! Imagine a 60-year-old Episcopalean priest who has never married -- who falls in love! These books have characters, drama, pathos, humor, romance, everything! Buy and read 'em all!

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Summary: All three bear reading more than once!
Review: When my sister sent me a set of three books to read, I laughed. WHEN would I get to read THESE three and do I put them ahead of the other 5 waiting to be read? Just in case she would call me and ask me about them, I thought I would skim through one quickly. NOPE! Ended up reading every word, every page, and all three books in record time. Thank you Jan Karon for writing three very readable, very peaceable, and very enjoyable books about a place we would all love to live in. I just purchased Out to Canaan for my sister as a gift, she had better finish it in a hurry, because I don't know if I can wait!