At Home in Mitford (The Mitford Years)

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Summary: More, More - we need more books like this one!!!
Review: If you want to read a great story - one that you can't put down - read "At Home in Mitford". It is hilarious, and heartwarming! I wish that Ms. Jan Karon would write more! This is one of my very special books, (as is her other 3) and being a librarian, I have told everyone about them! (So, they are always on the "hold" shelf in our library.)

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Summary: An Incredible Treasure of a Book
Review: I had no idea what sort of treasure I'd stumbled onto when I began reading Jan Karon's "At Home in Mitford". It was the perfect retreat from a very hectic and frustrating world. I didn't think these sort of books were written anymore and was excited and gladdened by Karon's wonderful hero, his daily struggles and the fantastic message of God so clearly and beautifully presented throughout the story. A definite must-read.

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Summary: Delightful, inspirational, relaxing and intertaining!
Review: A delightful town and I felt like I had lost a town ful of friends when I read the last in the series. I am anxiously awaiting the next book and hope there will be many more. Father Tim, Cynthia and Barnabas became household words and I miss them! I could almost see and taste the Orange Marmalade Cake! I have recommended and given these books as gifts and have a set for my own library as they will be read over and over! Keep up the good work and inspiration, Jan.

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Summary: At Home in Mitford is relaxing,great & like eating candy!!
Review: This is a wonderful book!!!I was reading a book by Pearl Buck and it was really heavy literature. My aunt bought me At home in Mitford and I absolutely loved it,it is like eating candy.I really reccomend this to readers of any type!

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Summary: A very light-hearted, entertaining look at a small town.
Review: Being next door to Jan Karon's hometown, maybe I relate to her books more than most. I remember the blizzard of '93 and I have met some of those people of the "hollers". Her books capture the essence of these mountain towns. With the interlacing of humor, she epitomizes a typical day in the life of any minister and his parish.

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Summary: fabulous!
Review: This is the town where I want to retire when my time comes! The people are all loving and open. Wherever Mitford is (really in Morth Carolina)be it Maine or Colorado or Pennsylvania or Oregon, the peace that the town holds is comforting. When one is sick, the town worries. On joyous occasions, the town celebrates.......

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Summary: Slow-paced and boring
Review: I bought this book prepared to love it, because I had heard such wonderful things about it. I finished it, but had to struggle to get to the end. I found it to be incredibly slow-paced and boring, as well as extremely unrealistic. This "town" does not exist in today's world; I doubt if it ever did exist.

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Summary: Wonderful, Interesting, Heartwarming, Classic!
Review: This book is really wonderful! It is extremely intresting and heartwarming. It is definatley a classic, and belongs with the many other classic's on book lists everywhere! I could ramble forever, but you wouldn't want me to! Anyway I loved this book and am 4 Chapters into "A Light in The Window", I truly can't wait to read more of it!

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Summary: Too sweet for my taste, don't you know.
Review: I read this book as the December selection for my book club. The book was chosen as an antidote for a rather heavy read in November. In my opinion,I was overdosed with the literary equivalent of orange marmalade cake and felt somewhat in sugar shock as I completed the novel. The book would have been more believable if it were set in the first half of this century. I understand this is fiction but I could not suspend belief that any town in the 1990's can be so untouched by outside forces (don't they get cable). When I began the book ,I was hopeful that religion could be woven into the story in an effective and interesting way but found its treatment rather pat. Jan Karon has been compared to Garrison Keillor and Bailey White but I feel she lacks the depth these writers bring to their characterizations. Keillor and White are interesting because they give characters skin, bones and warts. We are able to see ourselves in them and are still uplifted by their humanity and heart. Karon's characters are more of the Gomer Pyle, Floyd the barber, Aunt Bea variety, one dimensional and predictable.

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Summary: How I wish I lived in Mitford.....
Review: If you have never experienced the "Mitford series" you are in for a real treat. Mitford is the place where you would love to raise your children. I love Father Tim's philosophies. I have copied them and carry them with me always. I look at them often when I need to be reminded how blessed we are and not to take life for granted. Jan Karon is wonderful!