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Oct 28, 2008 | ISBN 9780143114390 Buy
Oct 30, 2007 | ISBN 9781101190807 Buy
Oct 30, 2007 | 706 Minutes Buy
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Oct 28, 2008 | ISBN 9780143114390
Oct 30, 2007 | ISBN 9781101190807
Oct 30, 2007 | ISBN 9781429592338
706 Minutes
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.
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
“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
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