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At Home in Mitford

ENTER THE DELIGHTFUL WORLD OF MITFORD, AND YOU WON'T WANT TO LEAVE 

Millions of readers have found that it's easy to be at home in Mitford. In this charming village, nestled among high, green hills, the air is pure, the pace is slower, and the people are generally lovable. So choose your favorite chair, curl up, and let best selling author Jan Karon introduce you to this deliciously entertaining town that has captured the hearts of so many. 

In At Horne in Mitford, the first book in the beloved Mitford series, you will meet a town full of neighbors whose follies, foibles, and eccentricities will make you laugh and cry, and will keep you up all night reading. You will especially come to love Father Tim, the bachelor Episcopal rector, who longs for change until it happens to him. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who adopts Father Tim and moves into the rectory. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Then stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel thief, and a secret that's sixty years old. 

Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for, and so will you. As millions of readers have found, this rich, provincial comedy leaves us hungry for more. Fortunately, in the next four Mitford novels, A Light in the Window, These High, Green Hills, Out to Canaan, and A New Song, Jan Karon more than satisfies, proving herself a superbly deft chronicler of the mysteries and miracles of everyday life in America's favorite small town. 

Treat yourself to a visit, and make this enthralling discovery: A trip to Mitford is good for the soul.   

"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. May 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 

Jan Karon, who lives in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, was an award‑winning advertising executive before following her dream of writing books. She is the author of five Mitford novels, all available from Penguin, with two more to come. At Home in Mitford and Out to Canaan appeared on The New York Times and other bestseller lists. At Home in Mitford was named an ABBY Honor Book by the American Booksellers Association in 1996, 1997, and 1998. 

A Selection of Crossings Book Club, The Literary Guild', and Doubleday Book Club" 

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