"James Kibler understands that traditional stories endure because they are always new; they furnish the joys both of discovery and of rediscovery." Acutely aware of lifetimes of missed opportunities and mistakes, the characters in James Everett Kibler's new novel unconsciously hold on to a persistent hope. Walking Toward Home presents snapshots of small-town people as they continue to care...
--Fred Chappell, North Carolina poet laureate