All great things-even laughter and orange marmalade cake-must come to an end

And in Light from Heaven, the long-anticipated last quantity in the phenomenally successful Mitford Years series, Karon deftly ties up all the loose ends of Dad Timothy Kavanagh’s deeply affecting lifestyle.

On a century-old valley farm where Dad Tim and Cynthia are housesitting, there’s a lot to say sophistication over, in the havoc of a windstorm to a surprising recent addition to the household and a mystery in the poultry house.

It’s life for the mountaintop, however, that promises to provide Father Tim the definitive challenge of his long priesthood. Can he step up to the plate and revive a remote, long-empty mountain chapel, asap? Or provides he been called to accomplish the impossible? Thankfully, he’s been provided an angel-in the flesh, obviously.

Light from Heaven is filled with characters outdated and new and with answers to all the questions that Karon followers have asked since the series began almost ten years ago. To place it simply-it’s her greatest. And we believe large numbers will agree.