In the Company of Others (Father Tim)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.39 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 014242840X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Unabridged, 14 CDs, 17 hours Read by Erik Singer A stirring page-turner from the bestselling author of the Mitford Series.
It was one of the best books I've read in my years of reading - I'm a really old retired sailor. Quit school and jointed up in 1951 at age 17. In those days, on an aircraft carrier, a person could almost read a paperback while standing in the noon chow line (assuming you could be away from your job that long) - - - so, I became an avid reader of anything I could get my hands on. I live in a Senior Mobile Home Park and the lady that maintains our little librar. KC said Even though this is Jan Karon's favorite book. It is not mine. Even though this is Jan Karon's favorite book. It is not mine. I do not enjoy books that use the local brogue to tell the story. Irish brogue is hard enough to understand without trying to read it also. Jan is an excellent writer but this book did not intrigue me like her others. It is slow movingand I had to keep going back to get the full meaning of what the characters were talking about. Somet. "My least favorite of the Mitford books" according to idaho dawn. The two Father Tim books are a little darker than the other Mitford books. This one is set in Ireland where Father Tim and his wife find an old journal which they spend much of the time reading. There is a lot of back and forth between the present and far past (through the old journal), and I struggled a bit with all the names from past and all the names from the present. Many were strange names
Set in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Karon's Mitford books include At Home in Mitford; A Light in the Window; These High, Green Hills; Out to Canaan; A New Song; A Common Life: The Wedding Story; In This Mountain; Shepherd's Abiding; and Light from Heaven. Jan Karon is the author of the bestselling series of nine Mitford novels featuring Father Timo
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Timothy Kavanagh, the moral center of the beloved Mitford series, hops the Atlantic for a long anticipated vacation in the Irish countryside. All rights reserved. Though it's not the ideal entry point to the expansive world of Father Tim, fans will relish this new chapter in his life. He and his wife settle in at Broughadoon, a B&B run by Liam and Anna Conor in County Sligo, and Father Tim is happy to be reacquainted with his ancestral homeland. Karon's prose trundles along at a languid pace, but her heartfelt dialogue and rich characterizations keep the story engaging. When their stay is extended because of an injury, the Kavanaghs pass the ti