Jan Karon Lot 1st 9 Mitford Paperbacks At Home in Mitford to Light from Heaven

Description: 1st 9 Mitford Novels<>At Home in MitfordA Light in the WindowThese High, Green HillsOut to CanaanA New SongA Common Life: the Wedding StoryIn This MountainShepherds AbidingLight from Heaven<>by Jan KaronAfter a long break, Ms. Karon returned to this series with 2014's Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good and 2015's Come Rain and Come Shine. This is a lot of the original nine novels in Ms. Karon's series about life in the fictional town of Mitford, North Carolina (published between 1994 and 2005). All are trade paperbacks (approx 5 by 8 inches) in very good condition. Spines are uncreased on all books. Covers are uncreased on most books. There are no marks in the text and no page corner folds. Information about the novels:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information about At Home in MitfordPortions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2007 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.Synopsis Bucolic Mitford is an attractive little village. Its rector, the bachelor Father Tim, is craving something more than small-town life, however. An attractive woman moves next door to the rectory; an oversized dog moves INTO the rectory; and a mystery concerning a jewel theft bubbles up amid secrets, love, and village intrigue. Publisher's Note It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable.Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that's sixty years old.Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich, provincial comedy in which mysteries and miracles abound.The first in a series of novels, this heartwarming book introduces readers to a small, charming North Carolina town and its equally charming denizens. Filled with the mysteries and miracles of everyday life and rich, provincial humor, At Home in Mitford will have readers clamoring for more. Industry reviews "I loved 'At Home in Mitford'."Publisher's Catalog - Miss Read -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information about A Light in the WindowPortions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2007 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.Synopsis Father Tim of Mitford is under some strain: he is attracted to his neighbor, a wealthy widow is pursuing him, and his cousin has moved in with him. Can he practice what he preaches? Publisher's Note His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, uninvited.As you can see, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, is in need of divine intervention. In this beautifully crafted second novel in the Mitford series, Jan Karon delivers a love story that's both heartwarming and hilarious. Only time will tell if the village parson can practice what he preaches.Like AT HOME IN MITFORD, the first novel in the series, this book is filled with the miracles and mysteries of everyday life. And the affirmation of what some of us already know: Life in a small town is rarely quiet. And absolutely never boring.In the gentle tradition of James Herriot, Bailey White, Ferrol Sams, and Garrison Keillor, Karon continues the fresh and beautifully written story of a small mountain town in the South. The village rector, Father Tim, can no longer deny his feelings for his neighbor. But what about the wealthy widow who has been wooing him with casseroles? It's clear that Father Tim is in need of divine intervention.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information about These High Green HillsPortions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2007 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.Synopsis Father Tim, lifelong bachelor, marries the vivacious Cynthia. She must cope with his dog, he with her son, and all of them with a cranky new computer. This book is part of Jan Karon's Mitford series, all of which take place in a town in the mountains of North Carolina.Publisher's Note In THESE HIGH, GREEN HILLS we're once again in 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.With her first two Mitford novels, "At Home in Mitford" and "A Light in the Window", Jan Karon established her reputation as a deft chronicler of small-town life. "These High, Green Hills" takes readers back to Mitford for a third visit, recounting the further adventures of Father Tim who, in addition to a new wife, has added a foster son to his life. Industry reviews "Karon's novel has its serious moments. Though it is more of a chronicle of Mitford's events than a novel with a traditional plot, it does deal with the central issue of how Timothy Kavanaugh reconciles himself to the distressing prospect of retirement. As he adjusts to marriage and loses a beloved aging parishioner and benefactress, he comes to terms with some of his own suppressed conflicts. In particular, when he and his wife are lost in a cave, the experience turns into a spiritual revelation for him."Book World - Louise Titchener (11/10/1996)"In Karon's world, all that is good and pure about American culture and human nature resides in Mitford. To be sure, there are dramas and human failings, but the small town is nonetheless defined by its sanctity and its community. It's like Peyton Place, only the characters are nicer....As urban culture bustles with noise, ambition and striving, Mitford exists in a bucolic twilight zone....[T]here are no malls, no restaurant chains, no cineplexes, no tourists....The writing is simplistic....Her prose is unadorned, with few flourishes, basic verbs and high school grammar. The effect is both perfect and dull....What sustains the books is the underlying framework. Karon offers the solace that, somewhere, an America exists that conforms to the picture of small towns, white picket fences, homemade pies, the kindhearted country doctor..., the church, prayer..., life and death, community and home....Unlike potboilers, Karon's books offer an escape that is explicitly moral."Los Angeles Times Book Review - Zachary Karabell (08/22/1999)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information about Out To CanaanPortions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2007 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.Synopsis Another installment in Jan Karon's Mitford series about the inhabitants of a small town in the mountains of North Carolina. Father Tim and Cynthia ponder retirement. And can it be that the Sweet Stuff Bakery is really closing? Publisher's Note The newest volume in the beloved Mitford series offers up delicious literary comfort food, as Jan Karon further explores the lives of the endearing and eccentric residents of Mitford, North Carolina, the little town with the big heart. Father Tim, the Episcopal rector, and his wife Cynthia are pondering retirement; a brash new mayoral candidate is calling for aggressive development; and, worst of all, the Sweet Stuff Bakery may be closing. Illustrations.Thousands of readers have come home to Mitford, the little town with the big heart, whose endearing and eccentric residents have become like family members. But now change is coming to the hamlet. Father Tim, the Episcopal rector, and his wife Cynthia are pondering retirement; a brash new mayoral candidate is calling for aggressive development; a suspicious realtor with plans for a health spa is eyeing the beloved house on the hill; and, worst of all, the Sweet Stuff Bakery may be closing. Meanwhile, ordinary people are leading the extraordinary lives that hundreds of thousands of readers have found so inviting and inspiring. Peopled with the lovable cast of characters familiar to so many, and peppered with plenty of new and colorful personalities, Out to Canaan is filled to the brim with the mysteries and miracles that make everyday life worth living, and that make Mitford one of the most memorable small towns in recent literature. More than 2 million copies in print of the Mitford Years series titles All of the Mitford books are available on audiocassette from Penguin Audiobooks. Industry reviews "More literary comfort food....A heart-warmer that diverts the spirit as it uncloyingly celebrates life in all its quirkiness in a small town."Prelinger-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information about A New SongPortions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2007 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.Synopsis Another novel set in the small town of Mitford, A NEW SONG is about Father Tim's retirement.Publisher's Note Recently retired, Episcopal priest Father Tim and his wife, Cynthia, discover new challenges and adventures when Tim agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island, in the fifth novel in the bestselling Mitford series. Reprint. Industry reviews "A story of small traumas and small victories, Karon's account manages to avoid the worst excesses of sentimentality and to provide a rather charming portrait of life in the slow lane."Williams -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information about A Common LifePortions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2007 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.Synopsis The residents of tiny Mitford come together for Father Tim Kavanagh's marriage to Cynthia Coppersmith. The novel includes prayers, hymns, and the wedding ceremony that ties the knot.Publisher's Note The creator of the beloved Mitford stories takes readers back through time to experience the wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh to Cynthia Coppersmith. Reprint.Industry reviews "A slight story indeed, filled with pious twittering about the joys and responsibilities of Christian marriage....Not exactly a mainstream book, but fans of the Mitford series won't mind."Kirkus Reviews (03/01/2001)"A COMMON LIFE may be the happiest Mitford visit yet.... Think the happy couple won't live happily ever after? Hey, this is Mitford, darlin,' not Peyton Place."Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Jeff Guinn (05/13/2001)"The [Mitford] novels are like a beautiful, cool summer afternoon that you never want to end...."Minneapolis Star-Tribune (05/27/2001)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information about In This MountainPortions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2007 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.Synopsis In quaint Mitford, Father Tim Kavanaugh grapples with a post-retirement depression while his wife Cynthia finds success as an author of children's books. Publisher's Note Restless with his retirement, Father Tim, accompanied by Cynthia, gears up for a year-long ministry across the state line, but a series of events sends shock waves throughout the town of Mitford and through Father Tim's faith. Industry reviews "The book is solidly founded on decent respect for the least of - and the most in - people. It is genuine, not contrived, though the episodic narrative is snappy, in the style of swiftly alternating plot lines common to television cop shows."Baltimore Sun (05/26/2002)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information about Shepherds AbidingPortions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2007 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.Synopsis In Jan Karon's Mitford, her perennial hero, Father Tim, finds an old nativity scene and embarks on the task of restoring it as a Christmas surprise for his wife. His carpentry and craft skills are zero, but he finds that determination--and the inspiration of Christmas--can work wonders.Publisher's Note Having pursued intellectual matters all of his life, Father Tim discovers the joys of working with his hands when he discovers a worn-out nativity scene and begins to restore it. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Additional Information about Light from HeavenPortions of this page Copyright 1995 - 2008 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.Synopsis Jan Karon prepares to leave Mitford with the ninth and final installment in her bestselling series of Christian fiction. Having spent a year farm-sitting for some friends, retired but restless Father Timothy Kavanagh returns to work, bringing a long-closed, tiny mission church in the mountains back to life. Although Jan Karon wraps up her Mitford series with this volume, devoted readers will be glad to know that they have not seen the last of Father Tim; Karon plans a new Father Tim series, set in his home town of Holly Springs, Mississippi.Publisher's Note All good things--even laughter and orange marmalade cake--must come to an end. And in Light from Heaven, the long-anticipated final volume in the phenomenally successful Mitford Years series, Karon deftly ties up all the loose ends of Father Timothy Kavanagh's deeply affecting life. On a century-old valley farm where Father Tim and Cynthia are housesitting, there's plenty to say grace over, from the havoc of a windstorm to a surprising new addition to the household and a mystery in the chicken house. It's life on the mountaintop, however, that promises to give Father Tim the definitive challenge of his long priesthood. Can he step up to the plate and revive a remote, long-empty mountain church, asap? Or has he been called to accomplish the impossible? Fortunately, he's been given an angel--in the flesh, of course. Light from Heaven is filled with characters old and new and with answers to all the questions that Karon fans have asked since the series began nearly a decade ago. To put it simply--it's her best. And we believe millions will agree.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shipping to U.S. addresses will by Media Mail (upgrade to Priority Mail available upon request and payment of extra cost). I'm mailing from the East Coast and Media Mail usually takes from 5 to 10 days to the West Coast but can occasionally take longer. Alaska and Hawaii longer still. Please take that into consideration. I no longer ship internationally - rates are too high to make it practical. 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