false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170790148m/71776.jpg 71776 25 Father Tim, a cherished small-town rector, is the steadfast soldier in this beloved slice of life story set in an American village where the grass is still green, the pickets are still white, and the air still smells sweet. The rector's forthright secretary, Emma Garret, worries about her employer, as she sees past his Christian cheerfulness into his aching loneliness. Slowly but surely, the empty places in Father Tim's heart do get filled. First with a gangly stray dog, later with a seemingly stray boy, and finally with the realization that he is stumbling into love with his independent and Christian-wise next-door neighbor. Much more than a gentle love story, this is a homespun tale about a town of endearing characters-- including a mysterious jewel thief--who are as quirky and popular as those of <I>Mayberry, R.F.D.</I> <i>--Gail Hudson</i> 1222486 1994 At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years #1) total:4819|5:73|4:73|3:56|2:12|1:4| 4819 18795 5878 869 1 3 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 24 09:27:38 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 16 10:23:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 13 14:20:47 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 08:57:41 -0800 2008
Mitford is a wonderful small town, and through Father Tim's eyes I got to know his neighbor Cynthia Coppersmith (an autho...more...]]> 1 2 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 11:58:04 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 14:15:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Thu Jul 05 15:51:51 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 16:39:06 -0700 2007 1 2 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 11:05:07 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 11:24:51 -0800 2009
Oh yes, Mitford is a lovely, sweet, Christian town, where they've kicked all the poor people out into the country so they don't have to look at them. When someone tells Father Tim that there is suffering in town that he can't imagine, Tim's response is "And I don't ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 08 10:58:18 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 10:59:21 -0700 2008
pg. 141 Psalm 68: "Blessed by the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits."

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Okay, so I made it to page 110 and then had to put it down. I can see the appeal -- it is so comforting to think the world might be like this, but this book never seemed real enough, honest enough, to me. We don't hit any emo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 07:53:27 -0700 2007 Sun May 18 00:29:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 10:18:58 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 17:10:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 16 16:43:06 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 16:52:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false true Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 20:30:34 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 21:16:25 -0700 2009 I will be the first to say t...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Aug 20 18:59:53 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 19:19:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 08:39:19 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 15:12:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 23:17:29 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 21:52:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Oct 10 21:02:28 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 09 15:43:04 -0700 2009 2
Cute, but only that. Not chicken soup--more like pop corn for the soul. Fun to consume and not particularly bad for you, but hardly nourishing.

That said, Karon is quite a story teller. What might have been an engaging premise for one book, sh...more...]]> 5 0 true false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 07 11:20:11 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 18:56:42 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 19:46:02 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 20:00:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 01 17:30:08 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 17:44:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Mar 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 15:44:18 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 15:20:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=71776