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Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good
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  • 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 Sept 2014
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2 Sept 2014
Paperback
23 Sept 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 is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels in the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored twelve other books, including Jan Karon’s Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader, and several titles for children. Jan lives in Virginia near the World Heritage site of Jefferson’s Monticello. The Mitford series was inspired by Jan's life in Western North Carolina, where her Mitford Museum now celebrates the world of Mitford and its stories. To reach out to Jan Karon and to learn more about the Mitford Museum, visit www.themitfordmuseum.org.
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Also by Jan Karon

My Beloved
Bathed in Prayer
Violet Comes to Stay
To Be Where You Are
Come Rain or Come Shine
Jan Karons Mitford Years: The First Five Novels
Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader
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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