Out to Canaan
Author – Jan Karon
Publisher – Penguin
Copyright – 1997
ISBN – 0-14 -02.6568 6
Paperback – 342 Pages
Jan Karon, the author of Out to Canaan, was an award winning advertising agent before she began her book writing career. She is the author of five best- selling books, At Home in Mitford, These High Green Hills, A Light in the Window, Out to Canaan and A New Song. She resides in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
“For all families who struggle to forgive and be forgiven.” Reads the dedication of Out to Canaan by Jan Karon. The location of the book is Mitford. Mitford is referred to as the little town with the big heart throughout the Mitford Series books. In Out to Canaan, there are many changes that are coming to the village. Father Tim, the Episcopal rector and his wife are pondering on the possibility of retirement.
The Mitford series, and especially in the book, Out to Canaan, ordinary people are engaged in extraordinary struggles of keeping body and soul together. The book is filled with mysteries and miracles that makes one life worth living.
Out to Canaan is a very uplifting book. I personally found the whole Mitford series to be delightfully right up my alley! Great book!
Book Review
Carole Walsh Scott
