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Home to Holly Springs

The First of the Father Tim Novels

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon
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By Jan Karon
Read by Scott Sowers

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Part of A Mitford Novel

Part of A Mitford Novel

Part of A Mitford Novel

Paperback $17.00

Oct 28, 2008 | ISBN 9780143114390

Ebook $11.99

Oct 30, 2007 | ISBN 9781101190807

Audiobook Download $22.50

Oct 30, 2007 | 706 Minutes

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    About Home to Holly Springs

    Join Father Tim on a profoundly personal journey back to his childhood home in this charming novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon’s Mitford series.
     
    Thirty-eight years have passed since Father Tim Kavanagh left his Mississippi hometown, determined not to return. Then he receives a handwritten note postmarked Holly Springs. Cryptic and unsigned, it says only Come home. These two words compel him to make the most challenging journey of his life.

    Traveling to his boyhood home doesn’t merely take Father Tim across hundreds of miles. Thanks to a thousand sights and smells, he also travels back through memories—some fond and some he’s tried for nearly forty years to forget, from his quick-to-anger father and his lovingly tender mother to the picturesque small town he’d tried desperately to leave behind. And once Father Tim discovers who was behind the mysterious note, a truth is revealed that will change his life—forever.

    About Home to Holly Springs

    Join Father Tim on a profoundly personal journey back to his childhood home in this charming novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon’s Mitford series.
     
    Thirty-eight years have passed since Father Tim Kavanagh left his Mississippi hometown, determined not to return. Then he receives a handwritten note postmarked Holly Springs. Cryptic and unsigned, it says only Come home. These two words compel him to make the most challenging journey of his life.

    Traveling to his boyhood home doesn’t merely take Father Tim across hundreds of miles. Thanks to a thousand sights and smells, he also travels back through memories—some fond and some he’s tried for nearly forty years to forget, from his quick-to-anger father and his lovingly tender mother to the picturesque small town he’d tried desperately to leave behind. And once Father Tim discovers who was behind the mysterious note, a truth is revealed that will change his life—forever.

    About Home to Holly Springs

    Join Father Tim on a profoundly personal journey back to his childhood home in this charming novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon’s Mitford series.
     
    Thirty-eight years have passed since Father Tim Kavanagh left his Mississippi hometown, determined not to return. Then he receives a handwritten note postmarked Holly Springs. Cryptic and unsigned, it says only Come home. These two words compel him to make the most challenging journey of his life.

    Traveling to his boyhood home doesn’t merely take Father Tim across hundreds of miles. Thanks to a thousand sights and smells, he also travels back through memories—some fond and some he’s tried for nearly forty years to forget, from his quick-to-anger father and his lovingly tender mother to the picturesque small town he’d tried desperately to leave behind. And once Father Tim discovers who was behind the mysterious note, a truth is revealed that will change his life—forever.

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    See all books by Jan Karon

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    Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel
    See all books by Jan Karon

    About Jan Karon

    Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels in the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored twelve other books, including Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader, and several titles… More about Jan Karon

    About Jan Karon

    Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels in the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored twelve other books, including Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader, and several titles… More about Jan Karon

    About Jan Karon

    Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels in the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored twelve other books, including Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader, and several titles… More about Jan Karon

    Product Details

    Category: Spiritual Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
    Oct 28, 2008 | 384 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143114390

    Category: Spiritual Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
    Oct 30, 2007 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9781101190807

    Category: Spiritual Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Oct 30, 2007 | 706 Minutes | ISBN 9781429592338
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    Praise

    “Mitford fans, rejoice! . . . Father Tim answers the summons—and learns that you can go home again.”—The Washington Post

    “Lovely . . . This is Karon’s most emotionally complex novel.”—USA Today

    “Karon holds varying aspects of humanity up to the light, from staggering cruelty . . . to the awesome power of love and forgiveness.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    “Mitford fans will enjoy this newest visit with wise, winsome, lovable Father Tim.”—Publishers Weekly

    Awards

    Christy Award WINNER

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