A selection of twenty-nine insightful, creative essays, alive with superb and tender detail. Hymns of Home focuses on family and life in a way that references the questions we ask and are asked as parents, the way naming creates meaning, and the reflective nature of observation, the contained nature of technology. The man at the heart of these stories brings us closer to the world of childhood wonder, closer to our own knowledge, and asks us to ask of ourselves profound questions that, ultimately, bring us closer to everyman.

His mom disappeared without a trace. Believing his mom abandoned the family, Steve Best can barely function. School is a failure. Home is a disaster. Even his attempt to save a duck from the school bullies led to the nickname he's dying to forget. When he's sent to his Great Aunt Shannon's house for the holidays, he encounters a curious power that lets him travel and transform the world. He might be able to use it to save his mom-but only if the thugs or the police don't stop him first. Visit Bill Bunn's blog at: http: //authors.bitingduckpress.com