Teaser Tuesdays (Volume One)

“[Father Tim] was sur­prised by a vivid rec­ol­lec­tion of her face, which he’d found beau­ti­ful, and the piety of her folded hands and down­cast eyes.

As for the miss­ing wing, wasn’t that a pretty accu­rate rep­re­sen­ta­tion of most of the human horde, him­self cer­tainly included?”

~~ Shep­herds Abid­ing, by Jan Karon (page 27) ~~

Devo­tees of the Mit­ford series have “long won­dered what Christ­mas in Mit­ford would be like. The eighth Mit­ford novel pro­vides a glimpse, offer­ing a med­i­ta­tion on the best of all presents: the gift of one’s heart.

Since he was a boy, Father Tim has lived what he calls ‘the life of the mind’ and has never really learned to savor the work of his hands. When he finds a derelict nativ­ity scene that has suf­fered the indig­ni­ties of time and neglect, he imag­ines the excite­ment in the eyes of his wife, Cyn­thia, and decides to under­take the daunt­ing task of restor­ing it. As Father Tim begins his jour­ney, read­ers are given a seat at Mitford’s hol­i­day table and treated to a mag­i­cal tale about the true Christ­mas spirit.”

Teaser Tues­days is a meme hosted by MizB in which par­tic­i­pants share two sen­tences (not spoil­ers) from the book they are cur­rently read­ing. To see the list of other Teaser Tues­days par­tic­i­pants and read the quotes they are shar­ing today, visit Should Be Read­ing.

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