About
Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon on a trip to Mitford-a southern village of local characters so heartwarming and hilarious you'll wish you lived right next door.
At last, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, has married his talented and vivacious neighbor, Cynthia. Now, of course, they must face love's challenges: new sleeping arrangements for Father Tim's sofa-sized dog, Cynthia's urge to decorate the rectory Italian-villa-style, and the growing pains of the thrown-away boy who's become like a son to the rector. Add a life-changing camping trip, the arrival of the town's first policewoman, and a new computer that requires the patience of a saint, and you know you're in for another engrossing visit to Mitford-the little town that readers everywhere love to call home. Jan Karon, born Janice Meredith Wilson in the foothills of North Carolina, was named after the title of a popular novel, Janice Meredith.
Jan wrote her first novel at the age of ten. "The manuscript was written on Blue Horse notebook paper, and was, for good reason, kept hidden from my sister. When she found it, she discovered the one curse word I had, with pounding heart, included in someone's speech. For Pete's sake, hadn't Rhett Butler used that very same word and gotten away with it? After my grandmother's exceedingly focused reproof, I've written books without cussin' ever since."
Several years ago, Karon left a successful career in advertising to move to the mountain village of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and write books. "I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author," she says. "I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk."
Enthusiastic booksellers across the country have introduced readers of all ages to Karon's heartwarming books. At Home in Mitford, Karon's first book in the Mitford series, was nominated for an ABBY by the American Booksellers Association in 1996 and again in 1997. Bookstore owner, Shirley Sprinkle, says, "The Mitford Books have been our all-time fiction bestsellers since we went in business twenty-five years ago. We've sold 10,000 of Jan's books and don't see any end to the Mitford phenomenon."
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Map
CHAPTER ONE - Through the Hedge
CHAPTER TWO - Bread of Angels
CHAPTER THREE - Gathered In
CHAPTER FOUR - Passing the Torch
CHAPTER FIVE - A Close Call
CHAPTER SIX - Love Came Down
CHAPTER SEVEN - Flying High
CHAPTER EIGHT - Serious about Fun
CHAPTER NINE - Locked Gates
CHAPTER TEN - The Cave
CHAPTER ELEVEN - Darkness into Light
CHAPTER TWELVE - Lace
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Homecoming
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - The One for the Job
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - And Many More
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Loving Back
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Sing On!
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Every Trembling Heart
CHAPTER NINETEEN - Starting Over
CHAPTER TWENTY - Send Me
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - These High, Green Hills
Teaser Chapter: Out of Canaan
Sneak Peek: Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good
PENGUIN BOOKS
PENGUING BOOKS
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At last, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, has married his talented and vivacious neighbor, Cynthia. Now, of course, they must face love's challenges: new sleeping arrangements for Father Tim's sofa-sized dog, Cynthia's urge to decorate the rectory Italian-villa-style, and the growing pains of the thrown-away boy who's become like a son to the rector. Add a life-changing camping trip, the arrival of the town's first policewoman, and a new computer that requires the patience of a saint, and you know you're in for another engrossing visit to Mitford-the little town that readers everywhere love to call home. Jan Karon, born Janice Meredith Wilson in the foothills of North Carolina, was named after the title of a popular novel, Janice Meredith.
Jan wrote her first novel at the age of ten. "The manuscript was written on Blue Horse notebook paper, and was, for good reason, kept hidden from my sister. When she found it, she discovered the one curse word I had, with pounding heart, included in someone's speech. For Pete's sake, hadn't Rhett Butler used that very same word and gotten away with it? After my grandmother's exceedingly focused reproof, I've written books without cussin' ever since."
Several years ago, Karon left a successful career in advertising to move to the mountain village of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and write books. "I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author," she says. "I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk."
Enthusiastic booksellers across the country have introduced readers of all ages to Karon's heartwarming books. At Home in Mitford, Karon's first book in the Mitford series, was nominated for an ABBY by the American Booksellers Association in 1996 and again in 1997. Bookstore owner, Shirley Sprinkle, says, "The Mitford Books have been our all-time fiction bestsellers since we went in business twenty-five years ago. We've sold 10,000 of Jan's books and don't see any end to the Mitford phenomenon."
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Map
CHAPTER ONE - Through the Hedge
CHAPTER TWO - Bread of Angels
CHAPTER THREE - Gathered In
CHAPTER FOUR - Passing the Torch
CHAPTER FIVE - A Close Call
CHAPTER SIX - Love Came Down
CHAPTER SEVEN - Flying High
CHAPTER EIGHT - Serious about Fun
CHAPTER NINE - Locked Gates
CHAPTER TEN - The Cave
CHAPTER ELEVEN - Darkness into Light
CHAPTER TWELVE - Lace
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Homecoming
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - The One for the Job
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - And Many More
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Loving Back
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Sing On!
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Every Trembling Heart
CHAPTER NINETEEN - Starting Over
CHAPTER TWENTY - Send Me
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - These High, Green Hills
Teaser Chapter: Out of Canaan
Sneak Peek: Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good
PENGUIN BOOKS
PENGUING BOOKS
Published by the Penguin Group
Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A.; Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.); Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England; Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd); Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd); Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, I 1 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi- 110 017, India; Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd); Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 21