Helpful Score: 4
First book in the Harmony series about Quaker minister Sam Gardner. I enjoyed the first couple of books in this series, but after that they started to be too much alike, and some of the characters are just plain too annoying.
Helpful Score: 2
Oh what fun to read about the residents of Harmony, Indiana. This first book in the Harmony series is a little more serious than the 2nd one, but has some really good morals and messages to impart to the reader. Philip Gulley, a real Quaker minister, sure does know how to tell a good story.
Helpful Score: 1
Good book I enjoyed it
Helpful Score: 1
I did not think this was as good as Jan Karon's series. Did not evoke the same warm feelings as Mitford and Father Tim. It was ok, but I am not tempted to read the rest of the series.
Helpful Score: 1
Absolutely adorable, witty and fresh.
Helpful Score: 1
Small town minister during his first year back in his hometown.
Helpful Score: 1
This book gave great insight into the life of a small-town preacher. The characters are fun and engaging and the writing is wonderful!
Helpful Score: 1
Very nice reading book...
Helpful Score: 1
First in the Harmony series, where author Philip Gulley keep you laughing and crying as he tells the story of Quaker pastor, Sam Gardner and his flock.
Helpful Score: 1
Good read, similar to Jan Karon's Mitford series.
Helpful Score: 1
This was simply a delightful book. Philip Gulley has done a fantastic job of taking us back to a simpler place and time. This was a perfect Summer read for me. I will look for others by him. I loved it!!
Helpful Score: 1
lovely little book. looking forward to the rest of the series.
Helpful Score: 1
If you are fans of either the Mitford or the Miss Julia series you will definately enjoy this one!
Occasionally, a simple book feels like home, and its characters become cherished friends. These vignettes will doubtless become favorites, not only for the quarter of a million people who enjoyed Gulley's Front Porch Tales, but also for new readers who will respond to the Garrison Keillor- style humor and pathos of fictional Harmony, Ind. The town's characters include the wise Quaker pastor who narrates the book; a childless couple who spend their life savings (and then some) to wrest their niece from the grip of her alcoholic parents; and the narrow-minded church elder who "knew just enough Scripture to be annoying, but not enough to be transformed." This book is pure joy.
Occasionally, a simple book feels like home, and its characters become cherished friends. These vignettes will doubtless become favorites, not only for the quarter of a million people who enjoyed Gulley's Front Porch Tales, but also for new readers who will respond to the Garrison Keillor- style humor and pathos of fictional Harmony, Ind. The town's characters include the wise Quaker pastor who narrates the book; a childless couple who spend their life savings (and then some) to wrest their niece from the grip of her alcoholic parents; and the narrow-minded church elder who "knew just enough Scripture to be annoying, but not enough to be transformed." This book is pure joy.
Helpful Score: 1
What a marvelous story teller Philip Gulley is, this book had me laughing out loud. The characters are interesting and funny there is humor as well as respect in the telling of their stories.These stories are as heart warming as Jan Karon's but with much many more chuckles.
I thoroughlly enjoyed this book and I am on my way to start the next one in the series.
I thoroughlly enjoyed this book and I am on my way to start the next one in the series.
Helpful Score: 1
Sweet read for anyone who enjoys tales of small-town life. There is a profound lesson/moral woven into each chapter -- enrich your inner life as you enjoy a cozy read.
Nice and easy read. Funny characters. Makes you want to live in a small town.
It's the series for you who loved "All Creatures Great and Small" and "At Home in Mitford". It is a comfort series, warming your heart and making you feel at home.
Nice folksy story but not really my cup of tea....not much happening in Harmony.
Phillip Gulley, a Quaker minister, is the author of Front Porch Tales and the Harmony Series and lives in Indiana with his wife Joan. This book is a pleasant story of life in Harmony as Sam Gardner, the new minister, deals with the hometown people and atmosphere, their problems and their lives.
Much as Jan Mitford captures life in Mitford, so Gulley captures small town life with wit and wisdom.
Much as Jan Mitford captures life in Mitford, so Gulley captures small town life with wit and wisdom.
