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	• Home to Holly Springs (Father Tim, Book 1) Jan Karon Viking Adult, 2007 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 134 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Birthplace

I was attracted to Jan Karon's HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS because it was the birthplace of my father and I had visited there when I was in the sixth grade. When AT HOME IN MITFORD was first published I was quick to recommend it to my library colleagues.
HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS was so slow to start it was like walking a dirt road in August, not the best Father Tim. Midway it picked up, but most of the story was predictable there was no surprises and too much gush. It is a good read but as has been said "you can't go home again" especially when little of the story was included in earlier works. Fans love Father Tim as the man, not the preacher.
Nash Black, author of SINS OF THE FATHERS and QUALIFYING LAPS.

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Home to Holly Springs

When Jan Karon wrote the last Mitford Series book, I felt like I had just buried a very close friend. I was thrilled when I read where she was beginning a new "Father Tim" series!

If you've read the Mitford series, all the references to characters will come clamoring back. This first story provides insight into Father Tim's past and his troubled relationship with his father and allows for some closure and understanding for Tim. And while his chance encounters with EVERY person he wants to reunite with stretch the boundaries of belief, they are nonetheless refreshing. Hats off to Jan -- she's got me hooked again!!

Kathy Wattenbarger

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Pleasantly surprised

After reading initial reviews of this book, I left it on my shelf for many months trying to avoid what I thought would be inevitable disappointment. I love the Mitford series - have read every book and listened to the excellent unabrided audio of each. I wanted so badly to return to these much-loved characters and watch their lives move away from Mitford and all that was familiar. I finally picked up the book with the intention of deciding for myself. Well, I liked it. Granted, it was slow going at times and the flashbacks were a little jarring at first (hence, my four stars). It also lacks the overt humor of the other books, but it's GOOD. It really is. The Mitford series built beautifully on the one thing that seemed to be an Achille's heel to Father Tim - his relationship with his father and HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS provides many of the answers to nine books' worth of wondering. It's a quiet, thoughtful, deep novel and kudos to Jan Karon for braving the criticism to give fans of Mitford this book.

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Very disappointing

I was so disappointed in this book. I bought it for myself as a holiday treat and could barely get through it. I loved all the Mitford books. Ive read them all twice something I rarely do. But this book was told mostly in tedious flashbacks which I found very boring. I also missed all the Mitford characters. I hope if she writes another book it's set back in Mitford.

Favorite Author

Jan Karon did it again. She puts you right in the middle. Her script flows so that there is no confusion and you enjoy the story. I love Father Tim.

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