Reading the Series Again! ( )

Whenever I am feeling down, this is the book I pick up. It and its sister books have gotten me through several illnesses. Thankyou Jan Karon. ( )

At Home in Mitford draws you in with its loveable Father Tim and its other more eccentric characters. Barnabas is a big black stray dog that that can only be controlled by quoted Scripture. He jumps on Father Tim for several days and then becomes part of his life. Emma is Father Tim's middle-aged secretary who butts in his personal life and surprises the priest one day by acquiring red hair and a fiance. There is a itinerant minister who lives in "the hollow" with his sister. There's the sophisticated antique store proprietor, Andrew, who is Father Tim's competition for the attentions of th priest's lovely new neighbor, Cynthia Coppersmith. And there's Dooley, a twelve year old "hillbilly" boy who moves into Father Tim's house and affections.
In addition to all these characters and more, Father Tim is dealing with the onset of diabetes and the realization that he has been running from rest. The gentle mystery of who has been stealing food from the church refrigerator is solved with a conversion. Other problems will continue into the next book in the series, problems such as how to provide free housing for Uncle Billy and Miss Rose, will Miss Sadie's plans to build a nursing home with her fortune materialize, and will Father Tim return from his forced vacation to Ireland to find his congregation scattered to the Baptists? ( )

This is a charming story about Father Tim, an Episcopalian priest, and his flock in small town Mitford. The story is filled with interesting and entertaining characters. It's a hard book to put down! ( )

A feel-good tale that moves at the leisurely pace of the small town life it profiles. ( )