[bksvol-discuss] Re: Just Uploaded Light From Heaven by Jan Karon
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:58:25 -0800 (PST)
Interesting. I validated one of her books and enjoyed
it, but I admit I haven't taken any others to read
myself, evn though we have them not only in the
library branch but in the used-bookstore where I work.
Cindy
--- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Smile. I might get lots of mail about this one but
> I find her writing style
> boring. They are just not my type of books. <lol>
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:40 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Just Uploaded Light From
> Heaven by Jan Karon
>
>
> > I just uploaded the last book in Jan Karon's
> Mitford series for Gustavo's
> > approval. I'll send him a message since it showed
> up on the New York
> Times
> > Bestseller List for Hardcover Fiction yesterday.
> In case you're
> wondering,
> > it's at number two.
> >
> > You'll find the long synopsis below. I didn't
> include it in the synopsis,
> > but the book jacket contains the following
> announcement:
> >
> > Coming in 2007: Jan Karon's new series, The Father
> Tim Novels
> >
> > BTW, I'm working on getting the rest of the books
> in the series on
> > Bookshare. Bookshare currently has all but three.
> They're a bit of a
> pain
> > to validate because of her writing style, so I'm
> not sure when I'll get
> them
> > finished. I'm about halfway through These High,
> Green Hills, but I can
> only
> > handle so much of validating her books at a given
> time and need a break
> from
> > her writing style.
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> > Jan Karon saved the best for last.
> >
> > "The long-anticipated final volume in the beloved
> Mitford years Series
> >
> > Father Timothy Kavanagh has been asked to "come up
> higher" more than once.
> >
> > He did, after all, raise a thrown-away boy, adopt
> a dog the size of a
> Buick,
> > and recite his wedding vows at the tender age of
> sixty-something. But he's
> > never been asked to do the impossible. While
> farm-sitting with Cynthia
> > outside Mitford, the retired Episcopal priest is
> charged with the revival
> of
> > Holy Trinity, a mountain church that's been closed
> for forty years. His
> > bishop's further mandate: "Get it up and running,
> ASAP." Fortunately, like
> > Daniel, he's been given an angel (albeit one with
> an unlikely talent for
> > barbering).
> >
> > Though challenged and often doubtful, Father Tim's
> soul lifts up as he
> > gathers the flock that dwells "above the clouds."
> >
> > Among them is the bedridden Dovey, who lives with
> the clues to her
> > mysterious illness in plain view. Robert, who
> wrestles with the aftermath
> of
> > a crime Father Tim is convinced he didn't commit.
> And the antisocial
> Jubal,
> > who's trying hard to hold God at gunpoint.
> >
> > But that isn't all Father Tim is struggling to say
> grace over:
> >
> > Louella sends him on a wild goose chase to find
> Miss Sadie's long-hidden
> > cash. A windstorm knocks his household winding.
> Two beloved Mitford
> friends
> > are also called to come up higher. And answered
> prayer comes knocking at
> his
> > door. In Light from Heaven, you'll find characters
> and themes both old and
> > new, and answers to questions asked by millions of
> readers since the
> series
> > began.
> >
> > You'll also find a heartfelt surprise:
> >
> > After a debilitating blow to the head, Edith
> Mallory is speaking again-and
> > what she says is shocking.
> >
> > Whatever you do, don't miss this last-and
> best-trip to Mitford.
> >
> >
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