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    <body><![CDATA[Here’s what I like about this book.  I love the relationship between Cynthia and Timothy, it is what a marriage should be.  I love what they have done for Dooley. He is a great character.  I enjoy the heart warming stories about the people in Midford. It is a quaint little town. One I would love t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30776837">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a while since I picked up a book from the Mitford Series.  They're hard to come by overseas.  The story continues with Father Tim &amp; Cynthia Kavanaugh and their friends and family in Mitford.  It was easy to pick up and read, even after putting the series to rest for a while.  Jan Karon doe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18980559">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Jan Karon is an awesome writer. Filled with light, warmth, and a life of ease. These series of books I think there is 10 or 11 will warm your heart and make you wish you really did live in Mitford. I know I wish I did.<br/><br/>Favorite Charters:<br/>Father Tim Kavanagh<br/>Cynthia<br/>Violet t...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, I stayed up too late to finish this book, so I obviously liked it!  I like how, at this point in the series, Karon is evolving her characters and continuing plot lines from the previous books without changing things so much that the reader feels betrayed.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I forgot to add this series until I read Justina's review.  Love this author, and the characters are so fun - I didn't want the series to end, but Justina - you will be glad to know that you don't have to wait for a sequel to this one.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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. <br/> <br/>*  More than 2 million copies in print of the Mitford Years series titles <br/>*  All of the Mitford books are available on audiocassette from Penguin Audiobooks.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[As Christian Fiction goes, I really liked this series.  Jan Karon creates a town were life seems simpler, people seem friendlier. Every time I read one, it made me long for the same in my life. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Mix one part <em>All Creatures Great and Small</em> with two parts <em>Lake Wobegon</em>, sprinkle a little <em>Anne of Green Gables</em> and get: Mitford, the pinnacle of provincial life, where homespun wisdom, guarded tradition, and principled faith are the precepts of good living. Jan Karon, purveyor of so-called &quot;gentle fiction,&quot; continues the series that began with <em>At Home in Mitford</em>, in <em>Out to Canaan</em>. The patriarch of the tightly bound community of Mitford, North Carolina, is Father Timothy Kavanaugh, a.k.a. legal counsel, psychologist, foster parent, headhunter, husband, political analyst, and rector of his congregation. He is always there to lend a helping hand, a kind word or bit of advice, which believe it or not, makes for an incredibly busy schedule in this quiet, country town. <p>  Longtime mayor Esther Cunningham, revered for preserving the traditions of the town, finds a formidable foe in Mack Stroupe, a free-spending industrialist who stands for the two most reviled words in Mitford: change and development.  If that isn't enough, a suspicious company called &quot;Miami Development&quot; wants to buy Sadie Baxter's home--a Mitford landmark--and turn it into a hoity-toity spa. Father Tim has his hands full again with Dooley, his foster child who is back from prep school for the summer. The good rector continues to doctor Dooley's troubled past by locating his siblings, Poohbaw and Jessie, and finding their alcoholic mother, Pauline, work. The plethora of intricately woven, cozy vignettes makes <em>Out to Canaan</em> a potpie of warm, country reading. <em>--Rebekah Warren</em> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[These are interesting and well crafted books. They are Christian without being preachy. I usually point out that I'm surprised that I enjoyed these books. They simply tell a good story.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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. <br/> <br/>*  More than 2 million copies in print of the Mitford Years series titles <br/>*  All of the Mitford books are available on audiocassette from Penguin Audiobooks.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this is my favorite so far because of Dooley's family.  I won't say anymore because then it would be a spoiler.<br/><br/>Can I just say how much I love this series?!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this series!  This book started a little slow but it just ended up sucking me right in, and I couldn't put it down.  I love the characters, and I love how these books make me feel when I read them.  ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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. <br/> <br/>*  More than 2 million copies in print of the Mitford Years series titles <br/>*  All of the Mitford books are available on audiocassette from Penguin Audiobooks.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun, sweet books! Easy to read through, yet quite engaging. Definitely a series you will want to read in order and in it's entirety. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the fourth in the series about Father Tim Kavanaugh and the small, North Carolina town of Mitford. In this one, after being the mayor of Mitford for 16 years, Esther Cunningham finds that she actually has a formidable opponent in the upcoming election who wants to bring change in the way of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11392848">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another really good Mitford book.  She really brings these books to life with her characters.  Lots of humor in them as well.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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. <br/> <br/>*  More than 2 million copies in print of the Mitford Years series titles <br/>*  All of the Mitford books are available on audiocassette from Penguin Audiobooks.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series is just plain enjoyable.  Especially in the chaos of moving, I really like to escape to Mitford.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Mix one part <em>All Creatures Great and Small</em> with two parts <em>Lake Wobegon</em>, sprinkle a little <em>Anne of Green Gables</em> and get: Mitford, the pinnacle of provincial life, where homespun wisdom, guarded tradition, and principled faith are the precepts of good living. Jan Karon, purveyor of so-called &quot;gentle fiction,&quot; continues the series that began with <em>At Home in Mitford</em>, in <em>Out to Canaan</em>. The patriarch of the tightly bound community of Mitford, North Carolina, is Father Timothy Kavanaugh, a.k.a. legal counsel, psychologist, foster parent, headhunter, husband, political analyst, and rector of his congregation. He is always there to lend a helping hand, a kind word or bit of advice, which believe it or not, makes for an incredibly busy schedule in this quiet, country town. <p>  Longtime mayor Esther Cunningham, revered for preserving the traditions of the town, finds a formidable foe in Mack Stroupe, a free-spending industrialist who stands for the two most reviled words in Mitford: change and development.  If that isn't enough, a suspicious company called &quot;Miami Development&quot; wants to buy Sadie Baxter's home--a Mitford landmark--and turn it into a hoity-toity spa. Father Tim has his hands full again with Dooley, his foster child who is back from prep school for the summer. The good rector continues to doctor Dooley's troubled past by locating his siblings, Poohbaw and Jessie, and finding their alcoholic mother, Pauline, work. The plethora of intricately woven, cozy vignettes makes <em>Out to Canaan</em> a potpie of warm, country reading. <em>--Rebekah Warren</em> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy this series, but I don't have much to say at this point, except that I still like them!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What great little books.  I mostly love the scriptures constantly quoted throughout the book.]]></body>
    
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