Come Rain or Come Shine

Zusatztext Praise for Come Rain or Come Shine “There is nothing like a simple country wedding to bring out the best in people....Loyal readers who have eagerly awaited the events Karon so charmingly offers in the latest addition to her beloved Mitford series will not be disappointed.”— Booklist   “Another delightful novel...Readers will laugh and cry as they share the couple’s big day and the unexpected events that make it especially memorable. Familiar characters! lots of love! some humor! and a few surprises make this essential for all Mitford fans.”— Library Journal   “The latest entry in Karon’s Mitford series continues with all the beloved characters! down-home charm! and deep faith in God that are the hallmarks so beloved of fans.”— Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor Jan Karon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mitford series, featuring Episcopal priest Father Tim Kavanagh. She has authored several other books, including Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader , and several titles for children. Jan lives in Virginia near the World Heritage site of Jefferson's Monticello. Klappentext #1 New York Time bestselling author Jan Karon delivers the wedding that millions of Mitford fans have waited for. It's a June day in the mountains! with more than a few creatures great and small! and you're invited-because you're family. Over the course of ten Mitford novels! fans have kept a special place in their hearts for Dooley Kavanagh! first seen in At Home in Mitford as a barefoot! freckle-faced boy in filthy overalls. Now! Father Tim Kavanagh's adopted son has graduated from vet school and opened his own animal clinic. Since money will be tight for a while! maybe he and Lace Harper! his once and future soul mate! should keep their wedding simple. By the way! it's a pretty casual affair! so come as you are and remember to bring a tissue or two. After all! what's a good wedding without a good cry? ***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof*** Copyright © 2015 Jan Karon ‘Hey, Dad.  Need th’ crimper.’ Crimper, snipper, stapler, strainer… He was scrub nurse to the fence doctor, who was repairing a section of Meadowgate’s high-tensile cattle fencing.  Two of Dooley’s five heifers had broken out last night and wandered into a neighbor’s yard down the road. Not good. ‘Glad it happened with the heifers, so now we know.  With Choo-Choo coming in a few weeks…’ ‘Don’t want that big boy getting out,’ he said. ‘If he gets out we’re dead in the water. He’d head straight for Mink Hershell’s cows.’ ‘Ah.’  He didn’t know much about those things. ‘Mink’s cows are small, he’s got Dexters—around six, seven hundred pounds.  Choo-Choo is two years old and clocks in at fourteen hundred pounds.  He makes big calves, which can be a serious problem with a small breed. Mink could lose cows if our guy gets in his pasture. Dystocia.’ Life was happening fast.  Dooley’s graduation from vet school was coming up in a few weeks, then the bull delivery, then the practice turning over from Hal Owen, and on June fourteenth, the wedding… ‘So how’s Choo-Choo’s disposition?’  ‘He’s got calves all over the county. He’s famous for gettin’ the job done.’ ‘And you bought him because…?’ ‘Not good timing, for sure, but the owner needed to let him go.  It was me or somebody else.  I could never top the price. Pliers.’ Tales about Choo-Choo were circulating at the co-op, at least one of them embellished with a direct warning.  ‘It’ll be good to get out with your cattle in the evenings. Relaxing.’  He was repeating what the neighbors said about having ‘a few head’ on the place. ‘We’ll treat small animals at th’ clinic and I’ll have my large animal practice out here on th’ back forty...

Product details

• Authors: Jan Karon
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2015
• EAN: 9780399167454
• ISBN: 978-0-399-16745-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature