Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good
  • Published: 2 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780698141407
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 528

Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

The New Mitford Novel

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2 Sep 2014
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23 Sep 2015
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon welcomes you back home to Mitford in this inspirational novel that “hits the sweet spot at the intersection of your heart and your funny bone” (USA Today).

After five hectic years of retirement from Lord’s Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife, Cynthia, from the land of his Irish ancestors. While he’s glad to be at home in Mitford, something is definitely missing from his life: a pulpit. But when he’s offered one, he decides he doesn’t want it.

For years, he believed he had a few answers. Now he has questions. How can he possibly help Dooley’s younger brother, Sammy, make it through the fallout of a disasterous childhood? Could doing a good deed for the town bookstore be the best thing for his befuddled spirit? And who was riding through town in a limo? Not Edith Mallory.

Then an editorial in the weekly Muse poses a question that sets the whole town looking for answers: Does Mitford still take care of its own?
  • Published: 2 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780698141407
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 528
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About the author

Jan Karon

Jan Karon, born Janice Meredith Wilson in the foothills of North Carolina, was named after the title of a popular novel, Janice Meredith.

Jan wrote her first novel at the age of ten. 'The manuscript was written on Blue Horse notebook paper, and was, for good reason, kept hidden from my sister. When she found it, she discovered the one curse word I had, with pounding heart, included in someone's speech. For Pete's sake, hadn't Rhett Butler used that very same word and gotten away with it? After my grandmother's exceedingly focused reproof, I've written books without cussin' ever since.'

Several years ago, Karon left a successful career in advertising to move to the mountain village of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and write books. 'I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author,' she says. 'I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.'

Enthusiastic booksellers across the country have introduced readers of all ages to Karon's heartwarming books. At Home in Mitford, Karon's first book in the Mitford series, was nominated for an ABBY by the American Booksellers Association in 1996 and again in 1997.

Also by Jan Karon

Bathed in Prayer
To Be Where You Are
Come Rain or Come Shine
Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader
The Mitford Bedside Companion
A Continual Feast
Shepherds Abiding, including Esther's Gift and the Mitford Snowmen
See all

Praise for Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

Fantastic reviews for SOMEWHERE SAFE WITH SOMEBODY GOOD

"Karon knits Mitford's small-town characters and multiple story lines into a cozy sweater of a book.... Somewhere Safe hits the sweet spot at the intersection of your heart and your funny bone. 4/4 stars" -- USA Today

"Welcome home, Mitford fans...to Karon's gift for illuminating the struggles that creep into everyday lives--along with a vividly imagined world." --People

"With the homecoming of much-beloved characters and a few new additions, Karon's latest provides a return to a setting readers have been clamoring to revisit. Longtime readers will not be disappointed by the author's latest cozy redemption tale."
--Library Journal

"The faster and more impersonal the world becomes, the more we need...Mitford."
-- Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Loyal fans of Karon's Mitford novels and Father Tim will be delighted once again to spend time in this quintessential American village with its leading citizen and his colorful coterie of friends, family, and dependent souls."
-- Booklist

"After a long hiatus, Karon has returned with a novel that offers something for those who believe and those who do not. All the beloved quirky characters are here, the past is neatly summarized and the future, full of hope." --Kirkus Reviews
"Terrific...built on the foundation of the first nine Mitford novels, 'Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good' is Karon's best." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

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