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A New Song (Mitford Years, Bk 5)
A New Song - Mitford Years, Bk 5
Author: Jan Karon
Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters: a church organist with a mysterious past, a lovelorn bachelor placing personal ads, a mother battling paralyzin...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780670878109
ISBN-10: 0670878103
Publication Date: 4/1/1999
Pages: 368
Rating:
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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4.4 stars, based on 107 ratings
Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed A New Song (Mitford Years, Bk 5) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Fifth novel in the Mitford series. One of the best in the series.
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In this fifth volume of Karon's popular series (Out to Canaan, etc.) set in the quaint North Carolina town of Mitford, where people chuckle and say "dadgummit," Father Timothy Kavanagh is leaving town for a post-retirement interim appointment at a small island parish off the coast of North Carolina. After what seems (even to the minister and his wife) to be an endless round of good-byes, he and his wife, Cynthia, set off in a brand-new red convertible. Stormy weather, which closes in on them as they near Whitecap Island, presages the many struggles to come. Once on the island, Fr. Tim tries to befriend a seemingly hostile and isolated neighbor while he and Cynthia take over the care of a three-year-old boy whose mother is suffering from depression. Back in Mitford, meanwhile, Dooley, the mountain boy who is like a son to Fr. Tim, is thrown into jail, and the quiet woman who seemed the perfect tenant for the rectory house surprises the minister with a lawsuit. Additionally, an unexpected storm moves in off the ocean with devastating force. Karon adds a dash of suspense to her homey brew with the increasingly suspicious behavior of Fr. Tim's tenant, whose story emerges in a compelling confession. Newcomers to the series may find they have much to catch up on, but readers making a return trip to the Kavanaghs' world will be happily swept up in the maelstrom of small-town and spiritual drama that characterizes the novel.
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Jan Karon's Mitford Series are comfort books. They invite you in and make you feel welcome, right at home.
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The fifth novel in the Mitford series. Recently retired after years of serving as the rector of Lord's Chapel, Father Tim agrees to pastor a small parish off the Atlantic coast. There's only one problem: How can he and Cynthis leave the town---and the boy---they love! Soon, however, the charming island of Whitecap reveals its own cast of unforgettable characters: a lovelorn bachelor trying his hand at personal ads, a church organist with a past, a gifted musician who never ventures beyond his gate, and a young mother struggling with paralyzing depression.
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This series just keeps getting better and better. New characters and a new home for a while brings new adventures to pastor Tim and his wife.
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I absolutely adore the Mitford Series by Jan Karon. It was love at first paragraph long years ago!! This is my 2nd time to read this book and it was great, again!!
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A very nice,clean book about real human issues and relationships, without all the gore, sex and violence so prevalent.
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Loved it, like all the books in the series. A Good read
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A wonderful series continues.
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I have discovered Jan Karon, and love her writing. Her stories are sweet and simple, no sex, no violence, just a plain, good, clean story line. Great reading for bedtime.

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