Four generations of a family return to cherished places in nature from their youth and uncover buried secrets about themselves. -Laurel Dodge, author of The Buoyant Letters of Mimsy Bell.
Heartfelt and hopeful.
Liss\'s intimate connection to nature and its healing power is on full display. - Jack Driscoll, author of Twenty Stories , and other volumes of short stories, novels, and poetry; recipient of a PEN/Nelson Algren Short Fiction Award and a 1998 Editor\'s Book Award A tender and lyrical portrayal of a family propelled into the future by the special places of their past.
About cherishing, and at a time when we need it most.
About memory.
Kay Tobler Liss\'s Coming Home is a tender, compassionately rendered novel about place, family, and the triumph of return.
The most valuable lesson they learn is that nature can not only be a source of beauty and solace but of personal transformation and expanding compassion for all life.
They finally face a pivotal event-the death of a sibling and son.
Their journeys begin after a Christmas dinner and end a year later when they gather again to share their stories and start to heal as a family.
From the coast of North Carolina to New York, from Savannah, Georgia to Switzerland, the special places include a meadow, a pine grove, a river, and mountain valley.
Four generations of a family return to cherished places in nature from their youth and uncover buried secrets about themselves
