BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH and PRESCHOOL

A Light in the Window

WELCOME TO MITFORD, THE LITTLE TOWN WITH THE BIG HEART

 In Mitford, a village nestled in high, green hills, millions of readers have found a home away from home  that special place they just can't wait to escape to. And in A Light in the Window, the second book in the best selling Mitford series, Jan Karon makes this deliciously entertaining town as delightful a destination as ever.

 After all, no town is so filled with ordinary characters leading extraordinary lives, many of whom compel readers to do something we treasure: laugh out loud. At times, admittedly, readers will be laughing at the expense of the wise and wonderful Episcopal rector, Father Tim. He is sixty something, a lifelong bachelor . . . and running scared. His attractive neighbor, Cynthia Coppersmith, has taken over much more than the little yellow house beyond the hedges. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, bag and baggage uninvited. Not to mention that he's still trying to raise a thrown away boy, Dooley, whom be finds himself loving as his own son, and keep up with Barnabas, a dog the size of a sofa who will behave only when Scripture is quoted.

 As usual, like the rest of us, Father Tim is in need of divine intervention. And in this beautifully crafted love story, he at last comes to find the greatest gift of all.

 Like the other novels in the irresistibly enchanting Mitford series, At Home in Mitford, These High Green Hills, Out to Canaan, and A New Song, this is a book to savor and to come back to again and again.

"These delightful novels should appeal to just about any reader."

St. Paul Pioneer Press

"Karon wisely knows that the real issues of life aren't the ones in the national headlines, but the ones in our small, personal spheres of life. Mai Jan Karon write more ... and faster.

 Cleveland Plain Dealer

 "Devotees of gentle fiction will lose themselves in Karon's books, fall in love with Mitford, and desire never to emerge."

 Rocky Mountain News