A Light in the Window by Jan Karon

I'm very attached to my dear little priest. I've never had an actual Priest, as my religious affiliations have never included such, but I'd think about becoming Episcopalian if Father Tim were in my hometown. Okay, I don't really have a hometown either, but that is another story. This is the second book in the Mitford Series. I read the first one a few months ago and reviewed it on my Facebook Page, but as shown by the Clan of the Cave Bear series, you really can't tell a book by its cover, or judge a series by one book. I really enjoyed the first book; At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon, so forged ahead to test the waters of the next in the series. So far so good as they say! This book is charming, and full of the same oddball southern characters as the first. And, as I mentioned before, having lived in The South for many years, there are no characters like Southern Characters. It is also a romance. Yes, a romance about a Priest. All of the angst of first love (at 60) along with a healthy dose of chasteness. Karon allows bad things to happen to the characters- but in this case, it is not murder, mayhem, rape, dismemberment, and horror. It is the bad things that make up most of our lives, like misunderstandings, poor judgement that gets someone hurt (but not "kilt") and the closing of our favorite little restaurant. I have become fond of the kooky old folks, the challenged young boy and, of course, my priest, and look forward to reading the next installment. This seems to be a good series for the teen/tweens, although it remains to be seen if they can continue to relate to the main characters as they are a good bit older than my target audience. Still, my eldest girl has read both At Home in Mitford and A Light in the Window, and enjoyed both. Recommended.