Like the best of storytellers, Jan Karon has an unerring feel for the rhythms and cadences of small town life. Meanwhile, recognizing a good catch when she sees one, a wealthy widow in his parish is pursuing Father Tim with fragrant, seductive casseroles. Frequently visiting each other, they make a well worn path through the hedge that separates their lawons. Now, in the second book of the Mitford series, Father Tim finds his heart drawn to his lovely, artistic neighbor, Cynthia. Focusing on the adventures and misadventures of a gentle, middle aged rector, Father Tim, the first novel quickly bacame a national best seller.
‘When Jan Karon published At Home in Mitford RBI 94808, readers across the country fell in love with her cozy town and cast of vivid, endearing characters.
Recorded by arrangement with Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA, Inc. Cover art copyright 1995 by Donna Kae Nelson. Mitford becomes a celebration of the strength and good humor of the human spirit.Ī Light in the Window: The Second in the Mitford Series. The themes of At Home in Mitford are familiar ones: love and faith, courage and sacrifice, but through Father Tims eyes, the townspeople and the challenges they face become new again. He is part of the colorful landscape of people who have both tales to tell and secrets to keep. But an enormous black dog responding only to scriptural commands adopts him he acquires an outspoken young boy and an attractive, artistic neighbor stirs up frisky feelings in his heart. When gentle, middle aged Father Tim first arrives at the rectory, he longs only for a personal and spiritual routine. At Home in Mitford captures all the wonderful characters, special moments, and unhurried charm of life in a place many would move to if it were really on the map.
There, she began writing about a small fictional town not unlike her new home. Jan Karon left an award winning career in advertising to settle in a peaceful village in North Carolina.
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