Jan Karon's latest contains all her traditional charms but misses an opportunity.
Review by Lauren Winner | posted 12/27/2007 08:30AM
3 of 3
ADVERTISEMENT
New Song, Familiar Tune | Jan Karon's latest Mitford installment changes locales to talk about living where you're at. (July 12, 1999)
Postmarked Mitford | Readers are finding a home in Jan Karon's novels. (September 1, 1997)
Mitford Rules | Jan Karon and the clerical novel. (Books & Culture, November 1, 2005)
Faith, Hope, and Charity in North Carolina | New novels by Michael Morris—whose first novel, A Place Called Wiregrass, was a word-of-mouth hit—and Jan Karon, who continues her beloved Mitford saga. (Books & Culture, November 17, 2003)
Who Bakes the Cake? | Esther Bolick's orange marmalade cake has appeared in every one of the Mitford books. So will it be a key ingredient in Father Tim and Cynthia's wedding celebrated in A Common Life, the newest book in the series? Here's an excerpt. (Today's Christian, May/June 2001)
Why Jan Karon Left Mitford | What the author of the best-selling, prize-winning series of life in a small town had to do to keep focused. (Today's Christian, May/June 2001)
Subscribe to Christianity Today and get 3 free trial issues. No credit card required.
Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only.
If you decide you want to keep Christianity Today coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive nine more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The three trial issues are yours to keep, regardless.
RSS Feeds
Audio
Twitter
share this page
E-mail
Print
Post
Subscribe to Christianity Today magazine today!
