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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100142004855

ISBN-139780142004852

eBay Product ID (ePID)30786843

Product Key Features

Book TitleShepherds Abiding

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicHolidays, Small Town & Rural, General, Christian / General

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorJan Karon

Book SeriesA Mitford Novel Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight9.7 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsPraise for Jan Karon "Jan Karon reflects contemporary culture more fully than almost any other living novelist."-- Los Angeles Times "The faster and more impersonal the world becomes, the more we need...Mitford."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer "Welcome home Mitford fans...to Karon's gift for illuminating the struggles that creep into everyday lives--along with a vividly imagined world."-- People

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Series Volume Number8

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal813.54

SynopsisExperience the joys of a small town Christmas in this novel in the beloved Mitford series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon. Millions of Americans have found Mitford to be a favorite home-away-from-home, and countless readers have long wondered what Christmas in Mitford would be like. The eighth Mitford novel provides a glimpse, offering a meditation on the best of all presents- the gift of one's heart. Since he was a boy, Father Tim has lived what he calls "the life of the mind" and has never really learned to savor the work of his hands. When he finds a derelict nativity scene that has suffered the indignities of time and neglect, he imagines the excitement in the eyes of his wife, Cynthia, and decides to undertake the daunting task of restoring it. As Father Tim begins his journey, readers are given a seat at Mitford's holiday table and treated to a magical tale about the true Christmas spirit., Experience the joys of a small town Christmas in this novel in the beloved Mitford series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon. Millions of Americans have found Mitford to be a favorite home-away-from-home, and countless readers have long wondered what Christmas in Mitford would be like. The eighth Mitford novel provides a glimpse, offering a meditation on the best of all presents: the gift of one's heart. Since he was a boy, Father Tim has lived what he calls "the life of the mind" and has never really learned to savor the work of his hands. When he finds a derelict nativity scene that has suffered the indignities of time and neglect, he imagines the excitement in the eyes of his wife, Cynthia, and decides to undertake the daunting task of restoring it. As Father Tim begins his journey, readers are given a seat at Mitford's holiday table and treated to a magical tale about the true Christmas spirit.