Out to Canaan (Mitford)

by Jan Karon
Out to Canaan (Mitford)  
published 2005 by Penguin (Non-Classics)
binding Paperback
isbn 0143035061   (isbn13: 9780143035060)
pages 464
description Mix one part All Creatures Great and Small with two parts Lake Wobegon, sprinkle a little Anne of Green Gables and get: Mitford, ...more
date added
02-08-07



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Jen Marceaux
Jen rated it: 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars
05/18/08

bookshelves: christian-fiction, fiction, mitford-series
Read in March, 2008
recommended to Jen by: Lori
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 & 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 does a good job at helping you remember where you left off.

In this book, I got to take a trip to Lakeland, FL with Father Tim. Funny to me since I just moved to Tokyo from Lakeland, FL. I also ...more
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Janice
Janice rated it: 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
05/07/08

bookshelves: inspirational-novel
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 "Miami Development" 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 fo...more
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Chris
01/26/08

Read in January, 2008
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 big business to quaint, little Mitford. Of course, there are always about a dozen other sub-plots in these stories. For a small town, there sure is a lot going on.

I just find the series so delight...more
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Jamie
12/03/07

Read in November, 2007
I love the reality of these characters--that they can be tender but still be real is a wonderful thing. This book, like the 3 before it, is renewing and refreshing to the spirit. On to the next...

(also, I fully did not expect to ever be reading and so much ENJOYING books about an elderly Episcopal priest!)
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Karah
Karah rated it: 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
04/04/08

bookshelves: already-read
I LOVE the Mitford books. I love the little town you are drawn into. I love the characters you meet and come to know as if they were your own neighbors or friends. The books aren't deep or philosophical, but they are fun and heartwarming. I have already read the entire series several times.
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April
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05/27/08

Read in May, 2008
I love these books. I don't know why I put off reading them for so long. I think I enjoyed this one more because I read it at the beach. Books at the beach are always better.
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Carre
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04/11/08

For those who love gently-paced, character-driven stories of small town life. You'll wish you could move to Mitford and live there yourself.
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Ashley
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07/23/08

I love these books! Each one adds to the story of the town of Mitford, a quaint little town that is never quiet.
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Nancy
07/23/08

Read in July, 2008
Enjoyed the continuing story...some scandal introduced giving a sense of intrigue!! On to #5.
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Deb
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07/09/08

Mayoral race between Max Stroope and Ester Cunningham. Pauline sobers up and fins work
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Lynnea
Lynnea rated it: 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
05/04/08

bookshelves: christian, fiction
Read in May, 2008
Another great book in the Mitford Series. Now I'm addicted - on to Book #5!
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Deb
10/02/07

Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in November, 2000
recommends it for: someone needing a lift
See my review of the first in the Jan Karon series, At Home in Mitford.
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Rick
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08/08/08

Read in January, 1998
This was a must-read in our family. Love Mitford!
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Helen
06/17/07

Read in October, 2004
I recommend this book #4 of the Midford series.
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Partridge
bookshelves: inspirational
recommends it for: INS Kar
Karon, Jan PB
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Randi
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07/04/08

Read in July, 2008
This one was pretty slow and uneventful.
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Sara
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03/18/08

bookshelves: 2008
Read in March, 2008
still addicted to the Mitford series!!
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Jenifer
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12/05/07

Number Four. Not tired of these yet.
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Sharon
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03/08/08

Read in November, 2004
Hope house. Father Tim retires.
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Callie
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08/13/08

I recommend this whole series
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book data (includes all editions)

avg rating (all editions): 4.12 (1124 ratings)
avg rating (this edition): 4.11 (929 ratings)
number of reviews: 26






other editions

Out to Canaan (The Mitford Years #4)
Out to Canaan (The Mitford Years #4)
Out to Canaan (The Mitford Years #4)