I approached this book with enormous anticipation, having loved the previous books in the series, blew through it in less than two hours and will not keep it because I cannot ever imagine wanting to re-read it, as I have done all of the earlier Mitford books, again and again. Jan Karon, having already beautifully told the story of the romance between Cynthia and Father Tim, here retells it with far less grace and almost no charm. The peripheral characters, whom all Mitford readers have come to love, are almost non-existent. What a waste of time and money!