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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) |
Jan Karon
Paperback | Pages: 488 pages Rating: 4.34 | 14357 Users | 440 Reviews
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| Title | : | In This Mountain (Mitford Years #7) |
| Author | : | Jan Karon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 488 pages |
| Published | : | September 27th 2005 by Penguin Books (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Christian Fiction. Christian |
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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.
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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 canWhenever my life gets too busy, I'm drawn to simple books. Not simple in terms of writing - bodice rippers are for cold winter nights - but simple in terms of plot. This summer, Mitford has been a great source of comfort. In this installment, Father Tim is dealing with life after retirment, and finding it not exactly to his liking. While some of the conflict in this novel is a little too black-and-white to my liking, I really appreciated seeing how several characters were approaching faith. and
*This review references an event in a future book*This is the kind of Mitford book I love! The last few I read apparently happened after this one, so I'm reading the series out of order. It doesn't really matter. I remember not liking the ones that take place outside of Mitford as much. This one takes place completely in Mitford, woohoo! I've already read the one where Dooley and Lace get married and I remember being confused, mostly because all the skipping around to different characters and
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
I found myself reading this book a little bit slower than the others. Often because I know the Scripture the author is quoting, I sort of rush through it. This time I took the time to read it fully, more slowly, and grab the context of how it fits within the situation in the story.Maybe because I read this one a little more slowly, I found that I enjoyed this book more than some of the others. I like how things are going for Father Tim, for Dooley, for Cynthia, for Hope, for George. I'm not sure
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!
Library copy. Mitford series #7. Love this series. And I probably say this every time, this title is better than the last, deeper, more moving, more engaging, inspiring. My favorite characters in this title (beside Father Tim and Barnabas) are Uncle Billy, Buck Leeper and Dooley Barlow. I was not so keen on Hope and Helene, and there seem to be more protagonists in this one. The crux of the story, which I won't spoil but it involves a Stop sign, is so well done and realistic and makes the reader
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