He’s not depressed, exactly, but low in spirit. He doesn’t have as much energy as he used to, and he feels as if his sermons are falling flat. It feels old-fashioned, yet in a delightful way that makes me wish I could have lived somewhere like that.Īt the start of the book, Timothy is feeling jaded.

Mitford is a small town from the author’s imagination but it comes alive in my mind every time I embark on this series. He’s a 60-year-old Episcopalian priest who works hard, loves God, and deals extremely well with his often difficult congregation. But the Mitford series are uplifting, encouraging, amusing in places, and leave me with a feeling of peace and warmth.įather Tim is the unlikely protagonist of this book, and indeed the entire series. I don’t know quite why it’s so very appealing I’m not generally a fan of American Christian fiction. It’s possible I would never have come across it, but for a gift from my father, Christmas 1999 he had read the book himself, and thought I would love it. I last read this wonderful book in 2006, so I’m well overdue for a re-read.

Having just finished ‘At Home in Mitford’ for the third time, it’s very tempting to go straight on with the series, but I know from experience that I enjoy books all the more if I spread them out, reading others in between.

This small-town village is filled with so many warm memories, and I knew it was time to pick up Jan Karon’s series yet again. As I was pondering which favourite author’s books to re-read over the next year or so, an image of Mitford came to my mind.

At home in mitford books in order