[bksvol-discuss] Just Uploaded Light From Heaven by Jan Karon
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:40:05 -0600
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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