Tag: Karon
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Revisiting the Heart of Mitford: An Insight with Jan Karon
Novelist Jan Karon has written 25 bestsellers, including 15 about a make-believe mountain village, Mitford – stories in which the humanity of her characters is evoked in what she calls “a place of refuge.” Karon talks with Faith Salie about discovering her voice as a writer at a very young age; the comforting qualities of…
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Jan Karon Reflects on Revisiting Mitford: Embracing the Present
For one weekend only, hundreds of devoted readers gathered in Hudson, North Carolina, to celebrate Mitford, a fictional place with a real sense of community. Jan Karon, the 88-year-old author behind Mitford, has written 15 books about the make-believe mountain village. Asked how to describe the town of Mitford, Karon said it is “a place…