A New Song

Jan Karon's millions of fans can't wait to sit down with her heartwarming and hilarious characters, who have a way of becoming family. In fact, readers and booksellers across the country kept Out to Canaan and At Home in Mitford on The New York Times bestseller list for months.In A New Song, Mitford's longtime Episcopal priest, Father Tim, retires. However, new challenges and adventures await when he agrees to serve as interim minister of a small church on Whitecap Island. He and his wife, Cynthia, soon find that Whitecap has its own unforgettable characters: a church organist with a mysterious past, a lovelorn bachelor placing personal ads, a mother battling paralyzing depression. They also find that Mitford is never far away when circumstances "back home" keep their phone ringing off the hook.In this fifth novel of the beloved series, fans old and new will discover that a trip to Mitford and Whitecap is twice as good for the soul. "Everything that, in the wee hours of the night, you like a book to be, warm-hearted and funny, with a hero marked by...profound inner strength" --Milwaukee Journal Sentinel©1996 Jan Karon; (P)1999 Penguin Audiobooks

John McDonough doesn't read this book.

I love all the Mitford books. And I really don't have a preference as to who reads, but it is shown that John McDonough is to read, but Jan Karon is actually the one reading. That might make a difference to other listeners.

Another favorite

by one of my favorite authors. It was so sweet to hear you read it, Jan. I'm looking forward to the next one. xo

Read It

One of the best of the series. The musical interludes are wonderful and I enjoyed the author as narrator this time.

My favorite series of all time

But I prefer the reading by John McDonough. He IS Father Tim.
I live in these stories when I read or listen to them, even adopting some phrases. In my opinion, these books are classics.

Father Tim’s Faith

As I have read, and now am listening to this Mitford Series by Ms Karon, I feel an actual desire to be more like Father Tim and his way around life. Good, bad, or indifferent, I would like to react to situations like he does.