Home to Harmony (Harmony Novels)

Home to Harmony (Harmony Novels)
by Philip Gulley

Home to Harmony (Harmony Novels)
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Author: Philip Gulley
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-28
ISBN: 0060858370
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Avon

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Book Review: There is a balm in Harmony.
Summary: 5 Stars

This first of Gulley's Harmony novels, set in the absolutely spot-on smalltown of Harmony, Indiana, introduces readers to the characters which have been accurately described as "the biggest collection of crusty, lovable characters since James Herriot settled in Yorkshire." Having grown up in rural Hoosierland, I know many of these characters. They may have had different names, but they were there during my formative years, and they remain there today. Some have negatively criticized Gulley for often being too sweet, too poignant, too accurate in his compassionate portrayal of life's inequities. Still, this is all total balm for beleaguered souls here at the front end of the 21st Century. I'd certainly pity any readers so jaded and deeply inured that they'd leave these books and not feel at least a modicum better about themselves and their fellow travelers on the planet. The humor is gentle, but still uproariously funny. Great soothing holiday reading, anytime you need a holiday.

Summary of Home to Harmony (Harmony Novels)

Thousands of readers have fallen in love with acclaimed writer Philip Gulley's Home to Harmony, a charming novel of a small town with a kindly spirit whose endearing and eccentric residents are like old friends. Readers will ponder the mysteries and miracles that make Harmony a place worth visiting again and again.

Written in a warm, down-home style, this novel chronicles the moving and humorous world of Quaker pastor Sam Gardner in his first year back in his hometown. Laugh and cry with Sam as he reflects on the quirks of human nature in such memorable vignettes as "The Aluminum Years," in which a bumbling Sam mulls over the proper aluminum item to give his wife for their tenth anniversary. In another unforgettable story, the church quilt mysteriously displays the image of Jesus, drawing throngs of the faithful to the remarkable "Shroud of Harmony." Through it all, Sam's love -- for Billy Bundle, the "World's Shortest Evangelist"; Dale Hinshaw, the narrow-minded church elder who "knew just enough Scripture to be annoying, but not enough to be transformed"; and all the others -- shines through in a collection of stories that readers will treasure for years to come.

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