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While Father Tim Kavanagh struggles with ambivalence about returning to the pulpit in Mitford, his adopted son, Dooley, falls passionately in love with an aspiring veterinarian against a backdrop of a mayoral reelection campaign and the opening of a new café. By the #1 best-selling author of Light From Heaven . 750,000 first printing.
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Fantastic reviews for SOMEWHERE SAFE WITH SOMEBODY GOOD
"Karon knits Mitford's small-town characters and multiple story lines into a cozy sweater of a book.... Somewhere Safe hits the sweet spot at the intersection of your heart and your funny bone. 4/4 stars" - USA Today
"Welcome home, Mitford fans...to Karon's gift for illuminating the struggles that creep into everyday lives-along with a vividly imagined world." -People
"With the homecoming of much-beloved characters and a few new additions, Karon's latest provides a return to a setting readers have been clamoring to revisit. Longtime readers will not be disappointed by the author's latest cozy redemption tale."
-Library Journal
"The faster and more impersonal the world becomes, the more we need...Mitford."
- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Loyal fans of Karon's Mitford novels and Father Tim will be delighted once again to spend time in this quintessential American village with its leading citizen and his colorful coterie of friends, family, and dependent souls."
- Booklist
"After a long hiatus, Karon has returned with a novel that offers something for those who believe and those who do not. All the beloved quirky characters are here, the past is neatly summarized and the future, full of hope." -Kirkus Reviews
"Terrific...built on the foundation of the first nine Mitford novels, 'Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good' is Karon's best." -Richmond Times-Dispatch
Praise 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
