Jan Karon
Paperback | Pages: 488 pages Rating: 4.34 | 14357 Users | 440 Reviews
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| Original Title: | In This Mountain (Mitford) |
| ISBN: | 0143035088 (ISBN13: 9780143035084) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Mitford Years #7 |
| Characters: | Tim Cavenaugh |
| Setting: | Mitford, North Carolina(United States) |
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I'm not going to rate this book...I'll explain why.I noted in an earlier review that many consider these "women's books". I questioned what makes a book a "woman's book"? Then I found A Common Life: The Wedding Story, the wedding book and I couldn't take it. So I guess I may have gotten my answer though some may not agree. To me that book was so totally an emotional story it seemed estrogen soaked. I put it aside and didn't try to rate or review it. I figured, "hey I get it, some people just want a book about the love story".
But this one went down the same road. There is just so much and so many examples of Timothy, "saying the wrong thing" and then "tearing up" and Cynthia being "quietly hurt" or both of them being "self-sacrificing" it just got too much for me. I mean my doctor did tell me to cut back on sugar and this thing drips syrup.
So I had to put it down. I've liked the stories of the cleric and his wife functioning with their parishioners dealing with problems meeting challenges and so on.
The big scene here so far has been Timothy telling off the local newspaper editor because he dared to use a headline "Local Pastor's Wife Gets Award" rather than "Cynthia Gets Award". And then he got a little jealous of Cynthia's literary agent and had to get all teary and beg her forgiveness....and on and on we go.
If you enjoy this type story, please enjoy. I may try another "later volume later" but for now the Mitford books have finally managed to make me feel that these last two at least are most definitely aimed at a female audience and males are somewhat superfluous.
Oh well, maybe there needed to be a turn to the overtly female for these, I don't know. As I said if it's what you're looking for enjoy.
Details Based On Books In This Mountain (Mitford Years #7)
| Title | : | In This Mountain (Mitford Years #7) |
| Author | : | Jan Karon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 488 pages |
| Published | : | September 27th 2005 by Penguin Books (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Christian Fiction. Christian |
Rating Based On Books In This Mountain (Mitford Years #7)
Ratings: 4.34 From 14357 Users | 440 ReviewsJudgment Based On Books In This Mountain (Mitford Years #7)
In this book, Father Tim has retired from his regular pastorate at Lord's Chapel and is acting as supply for the diocese. He and Cynthia sign up to go to the mountains to serve a mission pastorate there, but Father Tim's diabetes acts up and they are unable to go. What ensues is relate-able to all those fans of Karon and her characters. They live and react and behave as we all do when struck with personal tragedies or misfortunes.Oh, my how I love this series. It took me less than 2 weeks to read this, and that is not bad considering I have to work and I am reading another book for our book club.I love Mitford and oh how I wish I could live there, or in a town like it. Oh, to live in a town where you can walk to stores and buy almost everything you need, and to have neighbors that are really friends.Father Tim has some very serious problems in this book of the series. Oh, how my heart ached for him and since my husband
This book is another winner in the series. I especially love Father Tim's character. In this book he struggled with a depressive period that gave me great insight into the spiritual side of that condition. Each character comes alive for me and I just can't wait to read the next book in the series!
I'm not going to rate this book...I'll explain why.I noted in an earlier review that many consider these "women's books". I questioned what makes a book a "woman's book"? Then I found A Common Life: The Wedding Story, the wedding book and I couldn't take it. So I guess I may have gotten my answer though some may not agree. To me that book was so totally an emotional story it seemed estrogen soaked. I put it aside and didn't try to rate or review it. I figured, "hey I get it, some people just
I have slowly been re-reading Jan Karon's Mitford Series featuring Father Tim and just finished re-reading this installment. I found this installment to be a little more serious then some of the earlier books in that it dealt with Father Tim's car accident and depression. I felt the author gave a realistic picture of what can happen as a person suffers from depression and recovers and although her portrayal was not light hearted the book did include several light hearted moments when readers can
'And while I'm at it, Father, please......show me how to put and end to this darkness, or if You choose to let it go on, give me a brighter spirit to endure it.'Mitford is the best place in Fiction Land. Ever. Jan Karon surely wrote under the anointing of the Holy Spirit as she wrote these books. I have loved Mitford ever since the first word I read in At Home In Mitford. Currently, I am on my third reading of these powerful and spiritually nourishing books.In this one, Father Tim walks through
I love my time 'in Mitford'! The characters feel like people I'd love to get to know, and the setting makes me wish to visit North Carolina at least once before God calls me Home!Ever in a situation when you can just 'see' what's going to happen next (or eventually), but the characters involved just don't see it coming? Yeah, there were several moments like that in this book for me. But, despite my frustration at the character's choices in some parts, I left this journey to Mitford feeling
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