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Out to Canaan (Mitford Years, #4)

Jan Karon

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Apr 21, 2020 Laura rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: on-new-laptop, to-reread, library, own-cd-book, 2020, library-request, overdrive, favorites, favorite-authors, 2022

I enjoy this series so much. The only thing that could make it better is introducing it to one of my sisters and seeing it anew through her eyes. We are both loving these books so much. It reminds us of simpler times, and opens up interesting conversations. I can highly recommend the series, and I think this book may be my favorite. Three favorite characters, actually four, are introduced/fleshed out in this. The last two chapters are magical.

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I've been rereading the Father Tim series becau ...more

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Apr 23, 2021 Linda Martin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, booktube-readalong, 2021, families, christian, geo-north-carolina

I think these books are getting better as the series progresses - or is it that I just enjoy my visits to Mitford more as I get closer to the characters? I really like how this one ended, for the most part. I think the characters are making some good choices and there were a few dramatic developments in the story.

One thing I don't like is the multiple female names starting with E: Emma, Edith, Esther and Esther! That's so confusing, especially the two Esthers. Why did Jan Karon do this to us? I' ...more

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