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Books in Mitford Years series

  • These High, Green Hills

    Jan Karon

    Paperback (Penguin Books, April 15, 1997)
    Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon on a trip to Mitford—a southern village of local characters so heartwarming and hilarious you'll wish you lived right next door.At last, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father Tim, has married his talented and vivacious neighbor, Cynthia. Now, of course, they must face love's challenges: new sleeping arrangements for Father Tim's sofa-sized dog, Cynthia's urge to decorate the rectory Italian-villa-style, and the growing pains of the thrown-away boy who's become like a son to the rector. Add a life-changing camping trip, the arrival of the town's first policewoman, and a new computer that requires the patience of a saint, and you know you're in for another engrossing visit to Mitford—the little town that readers everywhere love to call home.
  • At Home in Mitford / A Light in the Window / These High, Green Hills / Out to Canaan / A New Song / A Common Life

    Jan Karon

    Paperback (Penguin, Sept. 24, 2002)
    The first six novels in the bestselling Mitford series feature Father Tim Cavanaugh, his wife Cynthia, and all the characters that have made Mitford a very real place in the hearts of readers everywhere. There are 30 million copies of Jan Karon’s books in print.This boxed set includes:At Home in MitfordA Light in the WindowThese High, Green HillsOut to CanaanA New SongA Common Life: The Wedding Story
  • Out to Canaan

    Jan Karon

    Hardcover (Viking, May 1, 1997)
    In the small town of Mitford, rector Father Tim and his lovely wife Cynthia ponder their retirement plans, trying to raise their young charge, Dooley, and find Dooley's missing, abandoned siblings, while a brash mayoral candidate is calling for development and "progress." 100,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. Tour.
  • These High, Green Hills

    Jan Karon

    Mass Market Paperback (Penguin Books, June 28, 2005)
    Mitford rector Father Tim faces the new challenges of matirmony after he marries his vivacious Cynthia, from the trials and tribulations of the parish's new computer, to redecorating the rectory, to his dog's new sleeping arrangements. Reprint.
  • Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good

    Jan Karon

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 4, 2015)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. While Father Tim Kavanagh struggles with ambivalence about returning to the pulpit in Mitford, his adopted son, Dooley, falls passionately in love with an aspiring veterinarian against the backdrop of a mayoral reelection campaign and the opening of a new caf e.
  • At Home in Mitford

    Jan Karon

    Mass Market Paperback (Penguin, April 26, 2005)
    A portrait of the mysteries and miracles of everyday life introduces the small North Carolina town of Mitford and its colorful inhabitants, including Tim, a bachelor rector, who is falling in love with his neighbor. Reprint.
  • Out to Canaan

    Jan Karon

    Audio CD (Penguin Audio, March 31, 2015)
    Thousands of readers have come home to Mitford, the little town with the big heart, whose endearing and eccentric residents have become like family members. But now change is coming to the hamlet. Father Tim, the Episcopal rector, and his wife Cynthia are pondering retirement; a brash new mayoral candidate is calling for aggressive development; a suspicious realtor with plans for a health spa is eyeing the beloved house on the hill; and, worst of all, the Sweet Stuff Bakery may be closing. Meanwhile, ordinary people are leading the extraordinary lives that hundreds of thousands of readers have found so inviting and inspiring.Peopled with the lovable cast of characters familiar to so many, and peppered with plenty of new and colorful personalities, Out to Canaan is filled to the brim with the mysteries and miracles that make everyday life worth living, and that make Mitford one of the most memorable small towns in recent literature. There are 30 million copies of Jan Karon’s books in print
  • Shepherds Abiding

    Jan Karon, John McDonough

    Audio CD (Penguin Audio, Oct. 20, 2003)
    Having pursued intellectual matters all of his life, Father Tim discovers the joys of working with his hands when he discovers a worn-out nativity scene and begins to restore it. By the author of In This Mountain. Simultaneous.
  • A Light in the Window

    Jan Karon, John McDonough

    Audio CD (Penguin Audio, March 15, 1996)
    Unabridged CD Audiobook 14 CDs / 16.5 Hours long.. Narrated by John McDonough
  • A Light in the Window

    Jan Karon

    Audio CD (Penguin Highbridge, Oct. 24, 2006)
    Father Tim, the village rector of Mitford, North Carolina, is torn between his feelings for the wealthy widow who has been wooing him, and his cousin Meg, who moves into the rectory uninvited.
  • The Mitford Years: At Home in Mitford / A Light in the Window / These High, Green Hills

    Jan Karon

    Paperback (Viking Penguin, Nov. 15, 1997)
    The first three novels in the bestselling Mitford series feature Father Tim Cavanaugh, his wife Cynthia, and all the characters that have made Mitford a very real place in the hearts of readers everywhere. There are 30 million copies of Jan Karon’s books in print.This boxed set includes:At Home in MitfordA Light in the WindowThese High, Green Hills
  • At Home in Mitford

    Jan Karon, John McDonough

    Audio CD (Penguin Audio, Oct. 24, 2006)
    Longing for change in the face of burnout, Episcopal rector Father Tim finds his lonely bachelor existence enriched by a stray dog, a lonely boy, and a pretty neighbor.