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At Home in Mitford

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon

By Jan Karon
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Paperback $19.00

Feb 01, 1996 | ISBN 9780140254488

Large Print $22.00

Apr 29, 2008 | ISBN 9780143114017

Ebook $12.99

Apr 29, 2008 | ISBN 9781440629969

Audiobook Download $27.50

Sep 01, 1996 | 1160 Minutes

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    About At Home in Mitford

    The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon’s beloved series set in America’s favorite small town: Mitford.

    It’s easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won’t go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that’s sixty years old. Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich comedy about ordinary people and their ordinary lives.

    About At Home in Mitford

    Now available in large print—the first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon’s beloved series set in America’s favorite small town: Mitford.

    It’s easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won’t go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that’s sixty years old. Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich comedy about ordinary people and their ordinary lives.

    About At Home in Mitford

    The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon’s beloved series set in America’s favorite small town: Mitford.

    It’s easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won’t go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that’s sixty years old. Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich comedy about ordinary people and their ordinary lives.

    About At Home in Mitford

    The first novel in Jan Karon’s bestselling and beloved Mitford series–now available in a new 20th Anniversary Edition, including an introductory letter by the author

    It’s easy to feel at home in Mitford, North Carolina. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are friendly. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won’t go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that’s sixty years old. Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich comedy about ordinary people and their ordinary lives.
      

    About At Home in Mitford

    It’s easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won’t go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying jewel theft, and a secret that’s sixty years old. Suddenly, Father Tim gets more than he bargained for. And readers get a rich comedy about ordinary people and their ordinary lives.

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    See all books by Jan Karon

    Also by Jan Karon

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    Violet Comes to Stay
    Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good
    In the Company of Others
    Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel
    See all books by Jan Karon

    Also by Jan Karon

    Bathed in Prayer
    Violet Comes to Stay
    Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good
    In the Company of Others
    Jan Karons Mitford Years: Novels Six Through Nine; Plus a Father Tim Novel
    See all books by Jan Karon

    About Jan Karon

    Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels in the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored twelve other books, including Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader, and several titles… More about Jan Karon

    About Jan Karon

    Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels in the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored twelve other books, including Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader, and several titles… More about Jan Karon

    About Jan Karon

    Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels in the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored twelve other books, including Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader, and several titles… More about Jan Karon

    About Jan Karon

    Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels in the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored twelve other books, including Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader, and several titles… More about Jan Karon

    About Jan Karon

    Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels in the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored twelve other books, including Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader, and several titles… More about Jan Karon

    Product Details

    Category: Spiritual Fiction

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
    Feb 01, 1996 | 560 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140254488

    Category: Spiritual Fiction

    Large Print | $22.00
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
    Apr 29, 2008 | 736 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143114017

    Category: Spiritual Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
    Apr 29, 2008 | 480 Pages | ISBN 9781440629969

    Category: Spiritual Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $27.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Sep 01, 1996 | 1160 Minutes | ISBN 9780786558100

    Category: Spiritual Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $7.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Sep 01, 1996 | 187 Minutes | ISBN 9781429508469

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    Praise

    Praise for the Mitford Novels

    “Karon knits Mitford’s small-town characters and multiple story lines into a cozy sweater of a book.”—USA Today

    “Jan Karon reflects contemporary culture more fully than almost any other living novelist.”—Los Angeles Times

    “Welcome home, Mitford fans…to Karon’s gift for illuminating the struggles that creep into everyday lives—along with a vividly imagined world.”—People

    “Karon offers her readers another chance to escape their own world, if just for a while, and live in the town that ‘takes care of its own.’ Her readers say they wish Mitford existed so they could move there.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

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