Chats with Champions will present local author Kay Tobler Liss Thursday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library, 184 Main St., Damariscotta. This chat serves as the launch of Liss’s new novel, “Coming Home.”

“Coming Home” is the story of four generations of a family that return to cherished places in nature from their youth and uncover buried secrets about themselves. Their journeys begin one Christmas and end the next when they gather again to share their healing stories. The most valuable lesson they learn is that nature cannot only be a source of beauty and solace but of personal transformation and expanding compassion for all life.