Chapter Ninety-Three: Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

This is Jan Karon's latest installment in the Mitford/Father Tim series, and I enjoyed it just as much as I've enjoyed the rest of her books about the little town of Mitford and its very realistic cast of characters, which focus on Father Tim, an affable Episcopalian rector who suffers problems and experiences joys like the rest of us.  It's so lovely in a nice long series like this--this is the eleventh novel about Mitford and Father Tim--to get extended character development across so many stories.  As soon as I started reading this installment, I felt like I was back in a place and with people that I know and love well.  Reading this book was like reuniting with old, dear friends: a lovely experience.