In the Company of Others (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Father Tim Kavanaugh: Retired Episcopal priest from the small town of Mitford, NC. This time he is visiting Ireland with his wife, Cynthia.
• Cynthia Kavanaugh: Children's book author and illustrator, Wife of Father Tim.
• Anna Conor: Innkeeper, wife of Liam, mother of Bella, daughter of William
• Liam Conor: Innkeeper, husband of Anna, son of Evelyn, brother of Paddy
• Aengus Malone: A local man who drives them from the airport to the lodge.
• Tom Snyder: An angler from Toronto also staying at the lodge.
• Hugh Finnegan: Angler from Maryland.
• Pete O'Malley: A Dubliner, also an angler, who lived a while in Texas.
• Seamus Doyle: The butler from Catharmore the mansion up the hill.
• William Donovan: Anna's father.
• Henry Kavanagh: Father Tim's brother.
• Cormas Padraigin Fintan O'Donnell, M.D.: The author of a journal writing in 1860's by the builder of Catharmore.
• Caitlin O'Donnell: The doctor's wife and nurse.
• Danny Moore: A patient of the doctor's who required an amputation.
• O'Leary: The shoemaker
• Bella Flaherty: Anna's daughter.
• Dooley Kavanagh: Tim and Cynthia's adopted son.
• Walter: A friend of Tim's who was coming to Ireland to travel with Tim and Cynthia.
• Katherine: Walters wife who has also come to Ireland.
• James Feeney: The doctor who treats Cynthia's ankle.
• Jack Kennedy: Bar owner.

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• “'t is a lonely washin' that hasn't a man's shirt in it.”

  Maureen McKenna

• “Faith is radical and often difficult. It's the narrow footpath, not the broad wagon road.”

  Tim Kavanaugh

• “Apparently one must sustain an injury in order to loll unmolested by the well-meaning.”

  Tim Kavanaugh

• “pg. 39: 'Ah, Kavanagh, what don't you love?' It was another of their mantras.'The spelling of Jane Austen's surname with an i. Cold showers. Fake orchids.'”

  Tim Kavanagh and Cynthia Kavanaugh

• “pg. 347: 'What don't you love, Kav'na?''Needless rules and regulations, foxglove seeding itself in our rose beds, age spots.' She showed him the back of her hand, the small blemishes.”

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Preceded by Home to Holly Springs.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jan Karon (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary

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