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FROM: Claudia C Breland <[removed]@juno.com>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 12:11 AM

A patron came in raving about Gail Godwin's Evensong, and wanted other
books like it with a strong Episcopal church (or Church of England)
background. I've given her Father Melancholy's Daughter, the Jan Karon
books & Susan Howatch. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!

Claudia Breland
King County Library System
Seattle, WA
[removed]@juno.com

FROM: aaron smith <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 6:33 AM

Claudia -

One author that comes to mind immediately is Joanna Trollope, particularly
the title _The choir_ (the most common American edition is from Random
House, dated 1995).

Aaron
Clermont County Public Library, Ohio

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Claudia C Breland wrote:

>
> A patron came in raving about Gail Godwin's Evensong, and wanted other
> books like it with a strong Episcopal church (or Church of England)
> background. I've given her Father Melancholy's Daughter, the Jan Karon
> books & Susan Howatch. Any other suggestions?
> Thanks!
>
> Claudia Breland
> King County Library System
> Seattle, WA
> [removed]@juno.com
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 8:38 AM

Elizabeth Goudge - THE DEAN'S WATCH, PILGRIM'S INN, THE REWARD OF FAITH, etc.
Johanna Trollope - THE CHOIR
Anthony Trollope - his Barchester novels, beginning with THE WARDEN
Kate Gallison - BURY THE BISHOP, HASTY RETREAT, GRAVE MISGIVINGS, UNHOLY ANGELS and THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP
Michelle Blake - THE TENTMAKER
Ruth Dudley Edwards - MURDER IN A CATHEDRAL
Mary Elen Chase - THE LOVELY AMBITION


Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@juno.com 01/05/01 12:07AM >>>

A patron came in raving about Gail Godwin's Evensong, and wanted other
books like it with a strong Episcopal church (or Church of England)
background. I've given her Father Melancholy's Daughter, the Jan Karon
books & Susan Howatch. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!

Claudia Breland
King County Library System
Seattle, WA
[removed]@juno.com

FROM: Mary Ann Bakken <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 9:02 AM

Isabelle Holland did a series of mysteries in the 1980's - A Death at St.
Anselm's is one - that take place within the framework of an Episcopal
church.

Mary Ann Bakken
St. Charles (IL) Public Library

> ----------
> From: Claudia C Breland[[removed]@juno.com]
> Reply To: Fiction_L
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 8:09 AM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: books with Episcopal church background
>
>
> A patron came in raving about Gail Godwin's Evensong, and wanted other
> books like it with a strong Episcopal church (or Church of England)
> background. I've given her Father Melancholy's Daughter, the Jan Karon
> books & Susan Howatch. Any other suggestions?
> Thanks!
>
> Claudia Breland
> King County Library System
> Seattle, WA
> [removed]@juno.com
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 9:08 AM

I've recommended the novels of Barbara Pym to people who've enjoyed Gail
Godwin and specifically mentioned the C of E aspect of Father Melancholy and
Evensong. I do warn them of the British slant; some are put off by it,
others are charmed.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us

>
> A patron came in raving about Gail Godwin's Evensong, and wanted other
> books like it with a strong Episcopal church (or Church of England)
> background. I've given her Father Melancholy's Daughter, the Jan Karon
> books & Susan Howatch. Any other suggestions?
> Thanks!
>
> Claudia Breland
> King County Library System
> Seattle, WA
> [removed]@juno.com
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 9:32 AM

While I said I recommended Pym, I really meant that I suggested her - that
distinction seems an important one in rapid need of correction.

D.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us

FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 9:42 AM

I second the recommendation about Barbara Pym. Also, Kate Charles has a
mystery series set in an Anglican church parish which _Detecting Women_
describes as "Barbara Pym meets P.D. James." The main characters are a
lawyer(solicitor) and an artist, but all the plots revolve around church
affairs. The mystery elements predominant, but the settings are very
evocative and detailed about church life.

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Deborah T. Walsh
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 11:51 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: books with Episcopal church background


I've recommended the novels of Barbara Pym to people who've enjoyed Gail
Godwin and specifically mentioned the C of E aspect of Father Melancholy and
Evensong. I do warn them of the British slant; some are put off by it,
others are charmed.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us

>
> A patron came in raving about Gail Godwin's Evensong, and wanted other
> books like it with a strong Episcopal church (or Church of England)
> background. I've given her Father Melancholy's Daughter, the Jan Karon
> books & Susan Howatch. Any other suggestions?
> Thanks!
>
> Claudia Breland
> King County Library System
> Seattle, WA
> [removed]@juno.com
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

FROM: Dorothy Szczepaniak <[removed]@wpld.alibrary.com>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 10:18 AM

Claudia: Two authors that come immediately to mind are Joanna Trollop,
and Susan Howatch. These are all Church of England novels.

Joanna Trollop wrote THE RECOR'S WIFE, and THE CHOIR which were both
serialized on PBS for Masterpiece Theatre

Susan Howatch wrote a series beginning with GLITTERING IMAGES, and
followed by GLAMOROUS POWERS, ULTIMATE PRIZES, SCANDALOUS RISKS,
MYSTICAL PATHS, and ABSOLUTE TRUTHS.

Dorothy Szczepaniak
Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District
Winnetka, Illinois

FROM: "Doxtator, Jan" <[removed]@uwsp.edu>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 10:20 AM

I remembered a Jane Langton mystery featuring Homer Kelly
called DIVINE INSPIRATION. The title refers to a stop on the newly
installed organ called DIV INSP, and to what will be needed to uncover
wrongdoing in the Church of the Commonwealth in Boston's Bay Bay. It's also
unusual because of the fine illustrations.

Jan Doxtator
Portage County Public LIbrary
Stevens Point, WI 54481

> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Claudia C Breland wrote:
>
> >
> > A patron came in raving about Gail Godwin's Evensong, and wanted other
> > books like it with a strong Episcopal church (or Church of England)
> > background. I've given her Father Melancholy's Daughter, the Jan Karon
> > books & Susan Howatch. Any other suggestions?
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Claudia Breland
> > King County Library System
> > Seattle, WA
> > [removed]@juno.com
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> > Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
> >
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 10:35 AM

I'll mention the following 2 books but I cannot verify them as both
are checked out. I *think* they are Episcopal/Anglican in nature....

THE BODY IN THE TRANSEPT, by Jeannette Dams. Introduction
to Dorothy Martin mysteries. Main character finds a body in her
church.

THE MARTYR'S CHAPEL, by D. J. Delffs. Introduction to Father
Griffin Reed mysteries. I believe the main character is a
Episcopalian priest.


Either way, they are interesting reads. BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org
^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Early is the name of the first, the next Too Fastidiously,
the third, Too Freely; the fourth is called Too Much, the
fifth Too Often.
I talk about them only briefly, because I have no fear that
you feed them. The Anchoress' Rule (c.1220)

FROM: "Kathy Loucks" <[removed]@cml.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 1/5/01, 2:53 PM

If the patron is interested in mysteries, Kate Charles' series featuring David Middleton-Brown would qualify.

Kathleen Loucks
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus, OH

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/5/01, 11:38 PM

You might also like to recommend a non-book - a movie. The venerably elegant
THE BISHOP'S WIFE with Cary Grant (the angel), David Niven (the episopal
clergyman) and Loretta Young (the wife).

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 1/6/01, 8:57 AM

The remake of THE BISHOP'S WIFE, with Whitney Huston, the ever-watchable
Denzel Washington, and Courtney B. Vance, would also be a good
recommendation, if your patron is not averse to story in video form.

Now that I've said as much, however, I'm not certain that the denomination
in this version is Episcopal...but it's a pretty good flick, anyway.

Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
[removed]@cumberland.lib.nc.us

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/6/01, 9:04 AM

In a message dated 1/6/2001 9:56:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us writes:

<<
Now that I've said as much, however, I'm not certain that the denomination
in this version is Episcopal...but it's a pretty good flick, anyway. >>

Nora -

I'm pretty sure it is - it was very High Church - and naturally, not
Catholic. I think Episcopal would be the denomination by implication, if not
actually per se.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Dottie MacKeen <[removed]@bellatlantic.net>
REC'D: 1/6/01, 9:10 AM

How about the books by Joanna Trollope - especially The REctor's Wife

FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 1/8/01, 8:21 AM

THE BISHOP'S WIFE is based on the novel by Robert Nathan, better-known as the author of PORTRAIT OF JENNIE.


Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@aol.com 01/05/01 11:36PM >>>
You might also like to recommend a non-book - a movie. The venerably elegant
THE BISHOP'S WIFE with Cary Grant (the angel), David Niven (the episopal
clergyman) and Loretta Young (the wife).

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Renee Patterson <[removed]@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us>
REC'D: 1/8/01, 11:24 AM

Don't forget Madeleine L'Engle's books.... :)


Renee Patterson
_____________________________
High Springs Branch
Alachua County Library District
High Springs, FL
[removed]@exchange.acld.lib.fl.us

The opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my
employer.


-----Original Message-----
From: Claudia C Breland [[removed]@juno.com]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 1:07 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: books with Episcopal church background

A patron came in raving about Gail Godwin's Evensong, and wanted other
books like it with a strong Episcopal church (or Church of England)
background. I've given her Father Melancholy's Daughter, the Jan Karon
books & Susan Howatch. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!

Claudia Breland
King County Library System
Seattle, WA
[removed]@juno.com

FROM: [removed]@ocln.org
REC'D: 1/8/01, 11:32 AM

Another great mystery with an in depth look at
Episcopal politics is the Tentmaker by Michelle Blake.
A tentmaker is what the church calls an interim priest.
A woman takes over a staid old Boston parish and discovers
some frightening truths about the congregation.

Diane G. Kadanoff

The buying of more books than one can read is
nothing less than the soul reaching for infinity

FROM: "Donna George" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 1/8/01, 12:43 PM

If I may be so bold as to suggest a nonfiction title -
"Things Seen and Unseen" by Nora Gallagher is an excellent read. She writes
about a year of her life in the Episcopal church, mirroring the Christian
calendar as she tells about her own experiences.

Donna George
Smyrna Public Library (TN)


>From: [removed]@ocln.org
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: RE: books with Episcopal church background
>Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:12:49 -05:0
>
>Another great mystery with an in depth look at
>Episcopal politics is the Tentmaker by Michelle Blake.
>A tentmaker is what the church calls an interim priest.
>A woman takes over a staid old Boston parish and discovers
>some frightening truths about the congregation.
>
>Diane G. Kadanoff
>
>The buying of more books than one can read is
>nothing less than the soul reaching for infinity
>
>......................................................................
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FROM: Katherine Johnson <[removed]@epnet.com>
REC'D: 1/22/01, 1:45 PM

I'm way behind on Fiction_L, but I noticed the Episcopal Church series.
If the patron likes mysteries, D.M. Greenwood's series featuring a
female deacon in the Church of England might appeal. There is a lot
about the church, in addition to the mysteries themselves.

A number of Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey novels have events
connecting the characters with the Church of England. One, in
particular, The Nine Taylors (possibly my favorite) specifically
involves a church, its priest, and the members of the church.

Kate Gallison has a series about an Episcopal priest in New Jersey,
featuring Mother Lavinia Grey. These are more mystery and less
Episcopalian.

The Rector of Justin, by Louis Auchincloss, is set in a New England prep
school said to be based on St. Paul's School, an Episcopal prep school.

Jan Karon's series, beginning with At Home in Mitford, features an
Episcopal priest.

In terms of appeal factors, I expect The Rector of Justin and The
Bishop's Wife (mentioned in another person's message) would be closer in
terms of style and pacing. Did the person who posted the question make
sure that the patron had also read Father Melancholy's Daughter, to
which Evensong was the sequel?

Would anyone like the list to be compiled? I'll be glad to do so, but
only if at least one other person expresses interest.

-- Katherine Johnson


--
Katherine Bradley Johnson
NoveList Database Specialist
NoveList/EBSCO
[removed]@epnet.com
2634 Chapel Hill Blvd., Ste. 208
Durham, NC 27707-2830 USA
(919) 489-9412 x206 (voice)
(919) 489-7263 (fax)

Die Welt des Märchens ist die, der Welt der Wahrheit
durchaus entgegengesetzte und eben darum ihr so
durchaus ähnlich, wie das Chaos der vollendeten
Schöpfung ähnlich ist." -- NOVALIS.

FROM: Katherine Johnson <[removed]@epnet.com>
REC'D: 1/25/01, 4:07 PM

One person has requested a compilation, so here it is.

Books featuring Episcopal or Church of England clergy, or church
settings:

I compiled this working from the Fiction_L digest. I hope I got
everything. The P.D. James title came to my mind as I was doing this,
so it has not previously appeared in this thread.


Louis Auchincloss - THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN

Michelle Blake - THE TENTMAKER

Kate Charles - mystery series

Mary Elen Chase - THE LOVELY AMBITION

Jeanne M. Dams - THE BODY IN THE TRANSEPT

D. J. Delffs - THE MARTYR'S CHAPEL and THE JUDAS TREE (submitter was not
certain character was Episcopalian)

Ruth Dudley Edwards - MURDER IN A CATHEDRAL

Godwin, Gail - FATHER MELANCHOLY'S DAUGHTER and EVENSONG

Kate Gallison - Mother Lavinia Grey series: BURY THE BISHOP; DEVIL'S
WORKSHOP; GRAVE MISGIVINGS; HASTY RETREAT; UNHOLY ANGELS

Elizabeth Goudge - THE DEAN'S WATCH, PILGRIM'S INN, THE REWARD OF FAITH,
etc.

D.M. Greenwood - IDOL BONES; UNHOLY GHOSTS; CLERICAL ERRORS

Susan Howatch - GLITTERING IMAGES and the rest of the series

James, P.D. - A TASTE FOR DEATH

Jan Karon - AT HOME IN MITFORD and the rest of the series

Jane Langton - DIVINE INSPIRATION and the rest of the Homer Kelly series

Robert Nathan - THE BISHOP'S WIFE

Barbara Pym - especially EXCELLENT WOMEN; A GLASS OF BLESSINGS; CRAMPTON
HODNET

Dorothy L. Sayers - especially THE NINE TAYLORS

Joanna Trollope - especially THE CHOIR and THE RECTOR'S WIFE

Anthony Trollope - his Barchester novels, beginning with THE WARDEN


Episcopalian fiction writer: Madeleine L'Engle (not all her books
feature the church or clergy)

Non-fiction: Nora Gallagher - THINGS SEEN AND UNSEEN


--
Katherine Bradley Johnson
NoveList Database Specialist
NoveList/EBSCO
[removed]@epnet.com
2634 Chapel Hill Blvd., Ste. 208
Durham, NC 27707-2830 USA
(919) 489-9412 x206 (voice)
(919) 489-7263 (fax)

Die Welt des Märchens ist die, der Welt der Wahrheit
durchaus entgegengesetzte und eben darum ihr so
durchaus ähnlich, wie das Chaos der vollendeten
Schöpfung ähnlich ist." -- NOVALIS.

FROM: Elizabeth Manar <[removed]@galegroup.com>
REC'D: 1/26/01, 11:12 AM

Here are a few more titles not on the compiled list; all were found using
"Custom Search: Full Text = Episcopal" in What Do I Read Next? online.

Fiction titles:

Brown, Diana
The Hand of a Woman

Dodge, Constance
Graham of Claverhouse

Price, Eugenia
The Beloved Invader

Nonfiction titles:

James T. Campbell
Songs of Zion: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States
and South Africa (1996)

Gomez-Jefferson, Annetta L.
In Darkness with God: The Life of Joseph Gomez, a Bishop in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church

Spong, John Shelby
Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love and Equality

Elizabeth Manar
Contributing Editor, What Do I Read Next?

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those of the author. The message contents have not been reviewed or approved
by the Gale Group."

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