Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: The New Mitford Novel

Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: The New Mitford Novel

by JanKaron (Author)

Synopsis

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 Caf 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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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 688
Edition: large type edition
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Published: 22 Oct 2014

ISBN 10: 0399172211
ISBN 13: 9780399172212

Media Reviews
Praise for Jan Karon

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

The faster and more impersonal the world becomes, the more we need...Mitford. --Cleveland Plain Dealer

Welcome home Mitford fans...to Karon's gift for illuminating the struggles that creep into everyday lives--along with a vividly imagined world. --People

Author Bio
Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of twenty-three books, including the Mitford novels, the Father Tim novels, a popular cookbook, and several books for children. She lives near Mr. Jefferson's Monticello, a World Heritage site in Central Virginia.