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A New Song (The Mitford Years, Book 5)
by Jan Karon
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Penguin Group, Inc (2000-04-01)
ISBN: 0140270590
EAN: 9780140270594
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
Paperback: 416 pages
Release Date: 2000-04-03
SKU: 18618
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Small part of the top cover is torn off, edges slightly worn, otherwise book in good condition.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Jan Karon's millions of fans can't wait to sit down with her heartwarming and hilarious characters, who have a way of becoming family. In A New Song, Mitford's longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters: a church organist with a mysterious past, a lovelorn bachelor placing personal ads, a mother battling paralyzing depression. They also find that Mitford is never far away when circumstances "back home" keep their phone ringing off the hook. In this fifth novel of the beloved series, fans old and new will discover that a trip to Mitford and Whitecap is twice as good for the soul. "Everything that, in the wee hours of the night, you like a book to be, warm-hearted and funny, with a hero marked by . . . profound inner strength" --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Mitford isn't a journey but a destination."-- The Denver Post
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Amazon.com Review
As if being a priest in this day and age isn't difficult enough, try shepherding two parishes, located hundreds of miles apart, at the same time. A predicament of biblical proportions indeed, but one the indomitable Father Tim Kavanaugh and his cheerful wife, Cynthia, can handle, with a little help from the Lord--not to mention their friends--in Jan Karon's A New Song, the fifth installment in her much-loved Mitford series. When asked to act as interim minister for a tiny island parish in North Carolina's Outer Banks, the recently retired Father heeds the call, all the while trusting in a divine master plan: "He had prayed that God would send him wherever He pleased, and when his bishop presented the idea of Whitecap, he knew it wasn't his bishop's bright idea at all, but God's." From the more routine duties of settling into a new church to dealing with a number of deeper domestic issues--including a single mother's spiral into depression and a reclusive next door neighbor in need of kindness--Father Tim's new parish presents a welcome challenge. All the while, of course, the folks back home keep him informed of goings-on in Mitford--the biggest being the recent arrest of Dooley Barlowe, a mountain boy whom Father Tim had taken into his home and heart five years earlier. As in past Mitford episodes, things have a way of working themselves out, but not before Father Tim and his accompanying cast learn a few more valuable lessons about life. Full of the homey atmosphere and heartwarming truths--not to mention the endearingly quirky characters--that are Karon's trademark, A New Song is a delightful celebration of the communal ties that bind. --Stefanie Hargreaves
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Customer Reviews
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As beautifully soul-sating as the rest ...
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-10-24
This author has truly tapped into a rich literary vein and continues her series with the same warmth of style, depth (and consistency) of characterization, and great storytelling which has become its hallmark. While Father Tim, Cynthia, Dooley and all the rest are here in abundance, there are some great new characters, reflective of the setting move to the Outer Banks. Her portrayal of the folk there is spot-on as usual and she manages to adroitly display all the eccentricities, foibles, and endearing humanity, without being maudlin. The spiritual depth and even bits of mild theology add to the mix in resonant and surprising ways. As I've said of this writer before, it is a mistake to constantly label these works as "Christian fiction;" certainly they are all that the label implies, but so much more as well. Don't be put off by labels; there's so much here for all spiritual ramblers and questers of all stripes. Always, again consistently, a blessed reading experience.
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Must be good
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-08-31
I bought this book for my lovely wife. She's still feeding me so it must be good...
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Typical !
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-05-02
Typical for Karon, this book seems to force me to go to the store and buy the next one.Unfortunately, I read much faster than she writes.
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Beloved Mitford Series
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-11-08
Most wonderful fiction series I've read in many years! I love Jan Karon's Mitford Season, and can't wait until the next ones come out. The characters have become so real to me, I feel like I've known them all my life. I am an avid reader and truly dread coming to the end of each of these books. It's hard to find good Christian fiction, which are loved even by those who do not usually read Christian literature, but these fit the bill! I give them for gifts to many.
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9 Book Series
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-10-28
Did not want to end this series of 9 books! So delighted to know author has more stories to come with same main character!
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