That meant that it made ideal bedtime reading as each chapter is complete in itself. but gradually realised that it was, effectively, a set of linked short stories rather than a novel as such. I did rather find myself wondering when the story was going to start, after several of what seemed like introductory chapters. even though this was written in 2002 as a contemporary book. If the book is to be believed, towns like Harmony are apparently still rather clinging to life in the mid-20th century. There are undoubtedly some caricatures, but even so it gives a lovely set of cameos of life in small-town America. Over the course of the book, we get to know the stories behind several of his neighbours and friends, and see how daily life happens for the different people. And what a charming book this is! Sam, a young Quaker minister, returns to Harmony, his home town in the US. I was given 'Home to Harmony' for my birthday a couple of weeks ago, and have just finished reading it apparently it's the first in a series. I don't remember exactly how I came across his books, but it was a recommendation from either an online friend or perhaps Amazon, after I had read and thoroughly enjoyed the books by Jan Karon (starting with ' At Home in Mitford'). I didn't even know that Quaker meetings had pastors. He is, apparently, a Quaker minister in the USA.
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