Jory Sherman's portraits of people and places in the Ozarks hills transport the reader to a land of haunting and timeless beauty. His lyrical prose captures the chromatic harmonies of language in his vivid descriptions of a homeland hidden in the heart of America. His words have the taste and feel of a summer breeze riffling through the trees and caressing a quiet lake or stirring the waters of a meandering stream winding through deep hollows and lush green meadows where the deer graze on long grasses. THE HILLS OF HOME is filled with emotions and the eternal singing of the senses, a book that illuminates the human spirit with overtones of joy and undertones of tragedy while opening a window into a world of surprise and wonder. Finally, this is a book of journeys through the human heart to a place called home.