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Title: Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon ISBN: 0-670-03120-8 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 20 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.76 (46 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The delightful miniseries continues
Comment: I have religiously followed this wonderful series from the start and have so enjoyed the relaxed and genuine nature of these books.
When I opened this one before I bought it - I noticed that the formatting (indentations, spaces and margins) had reduced the number of words on each page so that the book would be quite short. Sometimes this attempt by a publisher to create space and have a reader buy a book for more than it's worth would somewhat enrage me. However, this is gentle Mitford after all and Jan Karon's books never fail to deliver an eloquent story so I bought the book anyway.
The restoration of the 19th century creche is a lovely metaphor for the process of the advent season and I always love how Jan Karon develops each character with dialogues and thoughts. The set up for the very final book is bittersweet and I look forward to reading the final chapter with a heavy heart because I will miss these characters.
It's truly a lovely story. If it hadn't been for the reduction in substance I would surely have given it five stars.
Rating: 5
Summary: An early Christmas present
Comment: Jan Karon's latest offering is a sparkling Christmas card and a celebration of the deeper meaning of the Advent season. The story revolves around Father Tim's efforts at restoring an old Nativity scene as a surprise for Cynthia's Christmas and also includes flashbacks into his own Christmases growing up in Mississippi. All the beloved Mitford characters are here -- each celebrating in their own way. I loved the way Ms. Karon further explored the story of Hope and Scott, and Uncle Billy's attempts to come up with Rose's Christmas gift were a joy. She has also laid the groundwork for some of the events that might happen in the next and final book of the "Mitford" series -- and oh, how I hate to see it end! My only complaint about this book, and it's a tiny one, is that I wish it had been longer. I hated to turn the last page and finish this book! However, I plan to reread it during the actual Advent season, and I think it will enrich my own celebration. Thanks, Jan Karon, for another wonderful book! You have blessed my life with this entire series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Somewhere you would want to live yourself
Comment: LOVED this book and am currently reading the Mitford series and would highly recommend it, living in the south this book reminds of the little towns that we drive through and the people in the book are very down to earth but not without there problems so they are easy to relate to and father Tim is very human and east to relate to, it makes you realize that the clergy are just as human as we are.
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Title: In This Mountain by Jan Karon ISBN: 0142002585 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Trellis and the Seed: A Book of Encouragement for All Ages by Jan Karon, Robert Gantt Steele ISBN: 0670892890 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 14 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Christmas in Mitford Gift Set: The Mitford Snowmen and Esther's Gift by Jan Karon ISBN: 0670783498 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.90 |
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Title: A Common Life: The Wedding Story (Beloved Mitford, No. 6) by Jan Karon ISBN: 0142000345 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's Favorite Quotes by Jan Karon ISBN: 014200197X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 24 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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