For one weekend only, hundreds of devoted readers gathered in Hudson, North Carolina, to celebrate Mitford, a fictional place with a real sense of community. Jan Karon, the 88-year-old author behind ...

Novelist Jan Karon has written 25 bestsellers, including 15 about a make-believe mountain village, Mitford – stories in which the humanity of her characters is evoked in what she calls "a place of ...

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We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon returns to the village of Mitford in her 15th novel featuring Father Tim ...

On hearing that the journalist interviewing her is from Co Cork, Toni Collette switches briefly and effortlessly to a spot-on Leeside lilt. It’s an accent she got an ear for while spending time in ...

New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon returns to the village of Mitford in her 15th novel featuring Father Tim Kavanagh, "My Beloved" (G.P. Putnam's Sons). Read an excerpt below, and don't miss ...

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Karon draws readers into a cozy Mitford short story centered around the town's familiar and beloved eccentrics. The plot is as fluffy as the snow falling outside the Main Street Grill, but this hardly ...