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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Jan Karon |
| Narrator: |
John McDonough |
| Fiction Genre: |
Biography & Autobiography |
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Professional Reviews
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Los Angeles Times Book Review: "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 mor |
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Book Editions
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Format: Paperback, 414
Publisher: David C Cook (August 30, 2005)
Measurements: 8.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1 lbs.
ISBN: 9781589190641 |
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First Line
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| Publisher's Note: |
He stood at the kitchen window and watched her coming through the hedge. |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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. |
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