Author Description

father Tim And Cynthia Have Been At Home In Mitford For Three Years Since Returning From Whitecap Island. in The Little Town That's Home-away-from-home To Millions Of Readers, Life Hums Along As Usual. Dooley Looks Toward His Career As A Vet; Joe Ivey And Fancy Skinner Fight A Haircut Price War That Takes No Prisoners; And Percy Steps Out On A Limb With A Risky New Menu Item At The Main Street Grill. though Father Tim Dislikes Change, He Dislikes Retirement Even More. As He And Cynthia Gear Up For A Year-long Ministry Across The State Line, A Series Of Events Sends Shock Waves Through His Faith-and The Whole Town Of Mitford. in Her Seventh Novel In The Bestselling Mitford Years Series, Jan Karon Delivers Surprises Of Every Kind, Including The Return Of The Man In The Attic And An Ending That No One In Mitford Will Ever Forget. book Magazine the Seventh Installment Of The Mitford Years Novels Finds Father Tim Beset By The Blues, His Wife, Cynthia, Bustling With Her Usual Compensatory Cheer And All The Folks Of Mitford Going About Their Ordinary Lives At Happy Endings Bookstore, Sweet Stuff Bakery, Mitford Blossoms And The Other Small-town Spots That Karon's Millions Of Readers Have Come To Know. Caught In The Quagmire Of Retirement And A Tad Uncomfortable With Cynthia's Success As A Children's Book Author, Father Tim Thinks About—and At Times Pursues—new Ways To Spend His Days. He Fiddles With A Few Mild Essays. He Buys His Wife Flowers. He Learns How To Send E-mails. He Tries A Sandwich Wrap. He Helps Dooley, A Boy He'd Taken In Several Years Before, Locate A Missing Sibling. He Prepares Salmon Roulade. Karon's Latest Book Is A Quilt Of Common Scenes And Common Sayings: She Could Holler At Him 'til She Was Blue In The Face; Home Is Where The Heart Is; She Couldn't Make Heads Nor Tails Of The Words. There Are No Challenges Here And No Surprises, Nothing Daring Or Remotely Literary—little That One Might Call Original Or Fresh.