Shepherds Abiding (by Jan Karon)

I am very much enjoying re-reading Jan Karon’s delightful ‘Mitford’ series about Father Tim and his wife Cynthia. I’ve just finished the eighth book in the series, ‘Shepherds Abiding’, which I last read in 2006, although I recalled the basic outline of the story. I thought it a bit light-weight when I first read it, almost as if it were an excuse for a Christmas book.  But reading it this time, I thought it a great addition to the series, even if a tad shorter than most of the others.

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