Mitford Series, Book 1 of 14
Book One in the beloved Mitford Series
It's easy to feel at home in Mitford.
In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable.
Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor
who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that's sixty years old.
Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich comedy about ordinary people and their ordinary lives.
562-pages.
Book Two in the beloved Mitford Series
His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles.
And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, uninvited. As you can see, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, is in need of divine intervention.
In this beautifully crafted second novel in the Mitford series, Jan Karon delivers a love story that's both heartwarming and hilarious.
Only time will tell if the village parson
can practice what he preaches. Like At Home in Mitford, the first novel in the series, this book is filled with the miracles and mysteries of everyday life.
And the affirmation of what some of us already know: Life in a small town is rarely quiet. And absolutely never boring.
412-pages.
Book Three in the beloved Mitford Series
InThese High, Green Hills we're once again in Mitford, a southern village of local characters so heartwarming and hilarious you'll wish
you lived right next door. At last, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, has married his talented and vivacious neighbor, Cynthia.
Now, of course, they must face love's challenges: new sleeping arrangements for Father Tim's sofa-sized dog, Cynthia's urge to decorate the rectory
Italian-villa-style, and the growing pains of the thrown-away boy who's become like a son to the rector. Add a life-changing camping trip,
the arrival of the town's first policewoman, and a new computer that requires the patience of a saint, and you know you're in for another engrossing visit to Mitford --
the little town that readers everywhere love to call home.
366-pages.
Book Four in the beloved Mitford Series
Millions 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.
371-pages.
Book Five in the beloved Mitford Series
In A New Song, Mitford's longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as
interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters:
a church organist with a mysterious past, a lovelorn bachelor placing personal ads, a mother battling paralyzing depression. They also find that
Mitford is never far away when circumstances "back home" keep their phone ringing off the hook. In this fifth novel of the beloved series, fans
old and new will discover that a trip to Mitford and Whitecap is twice as good for the soul.
A New Song won the Christy and Gold Medallion awards for outstanding contemporary fiction in 2000.
419-pages.