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Reviews“ Mitford fans, rejoice! . . . Father Tim answers the summons—and learns that you can go home again.â€� — The Washington Post “ Lovely . . . This is Karon’s most emotionally complex novel.â€� — USA Today “ Karon holds varying aspects of humanity up to the light, from staggering cruelty . . . to the awesome power of love and forgiveness.â€� — The Atlanta Journal- Constitution “ Mitford fans will enjoy this newest visit with wise, winsome, lovable Father Tim.â€� — Publishers Weekly, Mitford fans, rejoice! . . . Father Tim answers the summons—and learns that you can go home again.” —The Washington Post Lovely . . . This is Karon’s most emotionally complex novel.” —USA Today Karon holds varying aspects of humanity up to the light, from staggering cruelty . . . to the awesome power of love and forgiveness.” —The Atlanta Journal- Constitution Mitford fans will enjoy this newest visit with wise, winsome, lovable Father Tim.” —Publishers Weekly, "Mitford fans, rejoice! . . . Father Tim answers the summons--and learns that you can go home again."-- The Washington Post "Lovely . . . This is Karon's most emotionally complex novel."-- USA Today "Karon holds varying aspects of humanity up to the light, from staggering cruelty . . . to the awesome power of love and forgiveness."-- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Mitford fans will enjoy this newest visit with wise, winsome, lovable Father Tim."-- Publishers Weekly, "Mitford fans, rejoice! . . . Father Tim answers the summons-and learns that you can go home again."- The Washington Post "Lovely . . . This is Karon's most emotionally complex novel."- USA Today "Karon holds varying aspects of humanity up to the light, from staggering cruelty . . . to the awesome power of love and forgiveness."- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Mitford fans will enjoy this newest visit with wise, winsome, lovable Father Tim."- Publishers Weekly
SynopsisJoin Father Tim on a profoundly personal journey back to his childhood home in this charming novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon's Mitford series. Thirty-eight years have passed since Father Tim Kavanagh left his Mississippi hometown, determined not to return. Then he receives a handwritten note postmarked Holly Springs. Cryptic and unsigned, it says only Come home . These two words compel him to make the most challenging journey of his life. Traveling to his boyhood home 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, from his quick-to-anger father and his lovingly tender mother to the picturesque small town he'd tried desperately to leave behind. And once Father Tim discovers who was behind the mysterious note, a truth is revealed that will change his life--forever.