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After struggling—and failing—to get a novel underway, Karon awoke one night with a mental image of an Episcopal priest walking down a village street. Soon, Karon was publishing weekly installments about Father Tim in her local newspaper, The Blowing Rocket, which saw its circulation double as a result. If I was Jan Karon I also would have left some loose ends. In real life, sometimes you don't get answers, and sometimes people you pray for don't get saved ; you have to trust God through all of that anyway. The fact that Father Tim found every single childhood friend, mostly by coincidence, was just too hokey for me.
Traveling to his boyhood home in northern Mississippi doesn’t merely take Father Tim across hundreds of miles. Thanks to a thousand sights and smells, he also travels back through memories—some fond and some he’s tried for nearly forty years to forget. He recalls his stern, quick-to-anger father, who was plagued by his own father’s abuse. He remembers his beloved maternal grandfather, who, like himself, lived his life in service to God.
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And, of course, he thinks back to his mother, whose beauty was rivaled only by that of the gardens she so lovingly tended. Though the memories may be very much alive, the people connected to them are all buried near the oldest tree in Hill Crest Cemetery. So, I consider this to be the tenth book of a laid back series about an Episcopalian priest in a small town in North Carolina. It is often funny and sweet with the occasional sad vignette mixed into the plot. According to my records, I've read this novel before, but it must have been a long time ago because I'd completely forgotten it. Anyhow, it explained a lot about Father Tim's background and served to develop his character even more, and I enjoyed it.
Readers of the nine bestselling Mitford novels have been captivated by Jan Karon's gift for illuminating the struggles that creep into everyday lives along with a vividly imagined world . They learned quickly that after you've spent time in Mitford, you'll want to come back . Millions eagerly awaited the publication of each novel, relishing the story of the bookish and bighearted Episcopal priest and the extraordinary fullness of his seemingly ordinary life. A story of long-buried secrets, forgiveness, and the wonder of discovering new people, places, and depth of feeling, Home to Holly Springs will enthrall new readers and longtime fans alike. I so appreciated the author writing this book and taking us back to the hometown of Tim Kavanaugh, to Holly Springs, Mississippi. In the previous books in this series Tim often reflected on people in ...
Home to Holly Springs (Father Tim) - Paperback By Karon, Jan - GOOD
Out of these powerful childhood memories swarm such characters as Mule Skinner, Percy Mosely, T , and a number of other male characters. No character is based on a real person, but is formed out of the soup of memory and experience. She’s now in her eighties and perfectly gorgeous, and her hard-of-hearing episodes can be hilarious. I had to give just a touch of this odd magic to Miz Lewis.
Slowly, the people from his past help illuminate for Father Tim his life and his family. For the first time he turns fully toward the memories of his childhood in Holly Springs and lets them flood over him. He’s grateful to sleep in the same room he slept in as a child.
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And I've come to love Father Tim dearly, so to see him go back home and face some of the hard things of his childhood , wasn't always pleasant. But be that as it may, i was going to give this three stars because i didn't hate the dickens out of it. But it's not great, and i will never read another of her books, and i can't see giving this the same number of stars as i gave borges, even to prove some anti-elitist point, for which i do not have the strength. To see what your friends thought of this book,please sign up.
The author gradually brought the reader to an understanding of this man, and not with a "quick-fix" mentality, but with much pain and misunderstanding involved. To ask other readers questions aboutHome to Holly Springs,please sign up. You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser. I'm the author/artist and I want to review Home to Holly Springs #10 - eBook. I'm the author/artist and I want to review Home to Holly Springs #10.
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But I was quite ready to leave the safety of Mitford’s shores and cast out into the deep. There’s a time of gnashing of teeth, then one simply must dive in and swim for yet another shore, sharks and all. Readers of the bestselling Mitford novels have been captivated by Jan Karon’s gift for illuminating the struggles that creep into everyday lives “along with a vividly imagined world” . A feel good story, with very likeable characters from the south, that are easy to get to know.
” My grandmother sat up even straighter and gave him a piercing look. ” She told about the hawk she killed barehanded, the games she played with her brothers and sisters under the big pine tree . I must give credit also to my grandfather, who took me on his rounds to swap hunting dogs, buy horses, shop for nails and seed corn, and generally interact with the country menfolk.
There’s a dash more of the past still available behind the Magnolia Curtain, and something still left of innocence. Arriving at the town’s picturesque square, Father Tim is pleased to find a few familiar storefronts. But trying to find the people he’s looking for only leads to frustration.
Home to Holly Springs is the first of Karon's new Father Tim series . The reviews I had read said it is not as good and I would agree with them. Karon is a terrific story-teller and I think anything she writes is a pleasure to read, but Home to Holly Springs just didn't have the same magic as her former novels. She seemed so intent on wrapping up all loose ends of Father Tim's childhood that her characters fell a bit flat and too many unrealistic coincidences occurred. It's been awhile since I read my last Karon book in the much-loved Mitford series, and, this one turns out to be quite different overall, as it hardly takes place in Mitford at all. Instead, Father Tim heads south with his good ole friend, big-dog Barnabas, to visit his hometown & roots--from which he's been gone for 38 years.
Turned out there was nothing to be concerned about as Karon handled these difficult issues with her usual honesty and gracefulness. For me this book evokes touching elements at the very center of true Christianity, forgiveness & healing. I know it's been criticized for a few too many "coincidences" but a good author can get away with those in the right context, and this time it worked. Especially in Father Tim's long-standing desire for a brother. Overall this is really a story about grace, forgiveness, restoration, and yes, what home is really all about.
One of my favorite things to do is to read and when a book helps me to re-capture a memory of an age long gone, I am quite happy. There are few authors that can handle conversation between characters deftly as this author. Father Tim rang true to me in this story and became fleshed out thoroughly. I am going to miss him now and I plan on reading all the books in the series. Father Tim, the beloved retired Episcopal priest, is back---and in response to a mysterious summons, he's taking a trip down "memory lane" to his hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi. His journey is filled with colorful characters, heartfelt insights, and plenty of laughs---but will the destination yield surprising secrets, too?
Holly Springs IS my home town, as it must be for all who read the book. We were all there once, then we left the place and entered another world leaving behind the true grit our lives. A beautiful collection of some of Father Tim's favorite quotes and a great companion to the Mitford series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon. Laughter and wedding bells ring as #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon takes her millions of fans behind the scenes of the most cherished event in Mitford history.
He receives an invitation to have tea with two women, one of whom was his long ago fiancée. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Born Janice Meredith Wilson in 1937, Jan Karon was raised on a farm near Lenoir, North Carolina. Karon knew at a very early age that she wanted to be a writer. She penned her first novel when she was 10 years old, the same year she won a short-story contest organized by the local high school. Karon married as a teenager and had a daughter, Candace.
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