Karon, Jan

The inhabitants of Mitford gather together for the long awaited wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh and Cynthia Coppersmith.

Father Tim Kavanagh, retired and living back in Mitford, finds himself becoming depressed and discontent with his idle life, especially as his wife Cynthia's career as a children's book author is taking off, and when a health crisis strikes, he finds himself depending on others for a change.

Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh, recently retired from service at Lord's Chapel in Mitford, accepts a post as interim priest at a small parish on an island off the Atlantic Coast where he and his wife Cynthia quickly become involved in the lives of a whole new community of people.

When ninety-nine-year-old Miss Fannie gives up her favorite pink straw hat with the roses, to help raise money for her church, she receives an unexpected reward.

When ninety-nine-year-old Miss Fannie gives up her favorite pink straw hat with the roses to help raise money for her church, she receives an unexpected reward.

In this first book of the Milford Series, you will meet a townful of neighbors whose follies, foibles, and eccentricities will make you laugh and cry, and will keep you up all night reading. You will especially come to love Father Tim, the bachelor Episcopal rector, who longs for change - until it happens to him....

Retired Episcopalian priest Father Tim, a man who has never really worked with his hands, receives a true Christmas blessing when he decides to purchase and restore an antique plaster creche as a surprise for his wife.