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Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

The New Mitford Novel

The New Mitford Novel

The New Mitford Novel

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon
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By Jan Karon
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Part of A Mitford Novel

Part of A Mitford Novel

Part of A Mitford Novel

Paperback $17.00

Aug 04, 2015 | ISBN 9780425276211

Ebook $6.99

Sep 02, 2014 | ISBN 9780698141407

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Sep 02, 2014 | 1044 Minutes

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    About Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon welcomes you back home to Mitford in this inspirational novel that “hits the sweet spot at the intersection of your heart and your funny bone” (USA Today).

    After five hectic years of retirement from Lord’s Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, from the land of his Irish ancestors. While he’s glad to be at home in Mitford, something is definitely missing from his life: a pulpit. But when he’s offered one, he decides he doesn’t want it.

    For years, he believed he had a few answers. Now he has questions. How can he possibly help Dooley’s younger brother, Sammy, make it through the fallout of a disasterous childhood? Could doing a good deed for the town bookstore be the best thing for his befuddled spirit? And who was riding through town in a limo? Not Edith Mallory.

    Then an editorial in the weekly Muse poses a question that sets the whole town looking for answers: Does Mitford still take care of its own?

    About Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon welcomes you back home to Mitford in this inspirational novel that “hits the sweet spot at the intersection of your heart and your funny bone” (USA Today).

    After five hectic years of retirement from Lord’s Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, from the land of his Irish ancestors. While he’s glad to be at home in Mitford, something is definitely missing from his life: a pulpit. But when he’s offered one, he decides he doesn’t want it.

    For years, he believed he had a few answers. Now he has questions. How can he possibly help Dooley’s younger brother, Sammy, make it through the fallout of a disasterous childhood? Could doing a good deed for the town bookstore be the best thing for his befuddled spirit? And who was riding through town in a limo? Not Edith Mallory.

    Then an editorial in the weekly Muse poses a question that sets the whole town looking for answers: Does Mitford still take care of its own?

    About Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

    A publishing event: #1 New York Times–bestselling author Jan Karon returns—and invites her millions of fans to join her again in Mitford.
     
    After five hectic years of retirement from Lord’s Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, from a so-called pleasure trip to the land of his Irish ancestors.
                While glad to be at home in Mitford, something is definitely missing: a pulpit. But when he’s offered one, he decides he doesn’t want it. Maybe he’s lost his passion.
                His adopted son, Dooley, wrestles with his own passion—for the beautiful and gifted Lace Turner, and his vision to become a successful country vet. Dooley’s brother, Sammy, still enraged by his mother’s abandonment, destroys one of Father Tim’s prized possessions. And Hope Murphy, owner of Happy Endings bookstore, struggles with the potential loss of her unborn child and her hard-won business.
                All this as Wanda’s Feel Good Café opens, a romance catches fire through an Internet word game, their former mayor hatches a reelection campaign to throw the bums out, and the weekly Muse poses a probing inquiry: Does Mitford still take care of its own?
                Millions of fans will applaud the chance to spend time, once more, in the often comic and utterly human presence of Jan Karon’s characters. Indeed, they have never been more sympathetic, bighearted, and engaging.

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    Also by Jan Karon

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    Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five Novels
    See all books by Jan Karon

    Also by Jan Karon

    Bathed in Prayer
    Violet Comes to Stay
    In the Company of Others
    Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel
    Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five Novels
    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
    Aug 04, 2015 | 576 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780425276211

    Category: Spiritual Fiction

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
    Sep 02, 2014 | 528 Pages | ISBN 9780698141407

    Category: Spiritual Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Sep 02, 2014 | 1044 Minutes | ISBN 9780698179561
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    Praise

    “The faster and more impersonal the world becomes, the more we need…Mitford.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

    “Karon knits Mitford’s small-town characters and multiple storylines into a cozy sweater of a book…4/4 stars.”—USA Today

    “Jan Karon reflects contemporary culture more fully than almost any other living novelist.”—Los Angeles Times

    “Loyal fans of Karon’s Mitford novels and Father Tim will be delighted once again to spend time in this quintessential American village with its leading
    citizen and his colorful coterie of friends, family, and dependent souls.”—Booklist

    “With the homecoming of much-beloved characters and a few new additions, Karon’s latest provides a return to a setting readers have been clamoring to revisit. Longtime readers will not be disappointed by the author’s latest cozy redemption tale.”—Library Journal

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