{"product_id":"these-high-green-hills-jan-karon","title":"These High Green Hills | Jan Karon","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the much-loved tradition of James Herriot, Bailey White, Olive Ann Burns, and Garrison Keillor, Jan Karon has created a town where we feel wonderfully at home. In Mitford, a village nestled in the hills of North Carolina, she shows us small-town life for what it really is: completely engrossing. And absolutely hilarious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this irresistible third book of The Mitford Years series, Father Timothy Kavanagh is married to more than his lovable and eccentric Episcopal parishioners. He's also married to Cynthia, his vivacious and talented neighbor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, the routine existence of a sixtysome-thing bachelor is out the window. How will they keep his sofa-sized dog at a safe distance from her arrogant, albeit famous, cat? Can he learn to love the old-Italian-villa look his wife is bent on giv-\u003cbr\u003eing the rectory?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese concerns pale, however, beside the growing pains of Dooley Barlowe, the thrown-away boy whom the rector loves as his own son. Then, the poverty and violence of an area known as the Creek comes knocking at the rectory door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClearly, being at home in Mitford has its chal-lenges. And, when the rector goes on a camping trip with the church youth group, he's forced to confront the toughest challenge of all-his own fears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs only she can, Jan Karon again assembles characters as warmly familiar as those at a family reunion. In These High, Green Hills, the overweight newspaper editor finally does something for his heart—in more ways than one. Puny Guthrie, Father Tim's housekeeper extraordinaire, delivers a double surprise. Miss Sadie Baxter gives a gift that will forever alter someone's life. And Emma New-land, the Genghis Khan of church secretaries, reveals a clerical skill that redeems her, in the rector's eyes, until kingdom come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo, curl up and relax, gentle reader. Following the enormously popular At Home in Mitford and A Light in the Window, the little town with the big heart is back. And it's rich with everything you've come to expect from Jan Karon: uproarious laughter, heartfelt tears, and fresh hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Whimsy Wagon Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43164336324667,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/7247\/2891\/files\/IMG_5916.heic?v=1769311260","url":"https:\/\/thewhimsywagonbookshop.com\/products\/these-high-green-hills-jan-karon","provider":"The Whimsy Wagon Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}