Every person has a dream . . .Jonah Witherston's dream is to fish his way from Alaska back to his home town of Grand Junction, Colorado, as Fall descends the northern hemisphere. The only catch in his plan is how such a trip will impact his relationship with his fiance Lorraine and his impending takeover of the family hardware business. Though Following Fall recounts Jonah's fishing adventures in the Great North, it is what he learns from the people he meets and the places he sees that help him understand the true purpose of the trip. Life is often not what we do or where we go, it's how...

This wonderful set of short stories explore the deeper meanings of family, parenting and friendship that seem to come forth while fishing. The stories range from the realization of a child about the world of which they are now a part, to the wondrous and humorous observations of three men standing next a fishing pond looking at the stars. Like his previous two novels, the exquisite descriptions transport the reader to other realms that seem suspended out of time. Through all the stories, Hill infuses some of his own perspectives and musings as to "what it all means," as we, too, are swept...