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After five hectic years of retirement from Lord’s Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, from a so-called pleasure trip to the land of his Irish ancestors.
While glad to be at home in Mitford, something is definitely missing: a pulpit. But when he’s offered one, he decides he doesn’t want it. Maybe he’s lost his passion.
His adopted son, Dooley, wrestles with his own passion—for the beautiful and gifted Lace Turner, and his vision to become a successful country vet. Dooley’s brother, Sammy, still enraged by his mother’s abandonment, destroys one of Father Tim’s prized possessions. And Hope Murphy, owner of Happy Endings bookstore, struggles with the potential loss of her unborn child and her hard-won business.
All this as Wanda’s Feel Good Café opens, a romance catches fire through an Internet word game, their former mayor hatches a reelection campaign to throw the bums out, and the weekly Museposes a probing inquiry: Does Mitford still take care of its own?
Millions of fans will applaud the chance to spend time, once more, in the often comic and utterly human presence of Jan Karon’s characters. Indeed, they have never been more sympathetic, bighearted, and engaging.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780553544541
- File size: 500734 KB
- Duration: 17:23:11
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- English
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After a five-year wait, fans of Jan Karon's fictional series about the residents of Mitford, North Carolina, will be delighted to immerse themselves in another story featuring the town's Episcopal priest, Father Timothy Kavanaugh. Even better news: John McDonough, who narrated most of the earlier books, returns to deliver this audiobook. McDonough's gentle, patient tone richly portrays the peaceful soul of Father Tim as he explores retirement. The avuncular Episcopal priest finds himself in high demand as a matchmaker, foster parent, cake tester, and canine companion, but he also finds time to write love letters his beloved wife. McDonough reveals Father Tim's simultaneous humor and impatience as townspeople encourage him to partake of a newfangled spray tan, and seek his advice in the local bookstore. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine -
August 11, 2014
Fans of the Mitford novels, rejoice: Father Tim Kavanagh is back in town, after sojourns to Mississippi and Ireland with his wife Cynthia. Father Tim is wrestling with the existential challenge of retirement and siren calls of various duties. He settles on filling in part-time at the bookstore while owner Hope Murphy is on bed rest during her imperiled pregnancy. A host of subplots are braided together, from the rebellion of Sammy, little brother of Tim's adopted son Dooley, to the romantic prospects of Fancy Skinner's sister Shirlene, new in town. It's a wonderful stew of small town characters, who will confuse new readers and those with bad memories, and details, some of which are funny and some of which need more milking. The ending, which takes place at Christmas, is too emotionally prepackaged and drags out a long book. Fans should debate whether Father Tim has to cry as much as he does, but like him, they will welcome the return to Mitford with its quirky citizens. Agent: Liz Darhansoff, Darhansoff & Verrill.
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