The Shortest Way Home

A Novel

By: Miriam Parker

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Named a Best Book of 2018 by Real Simple and Redbook

"Delightful... effervescent, heady and intoxicating." -Elin Hilderbrand

How far would you got to find the place you belong?

Hannah is finally about to have everything she ever wanted. With a high-paying job, a Manhattan apartment, and a boyfriend about to propose, all she and Ethan have to do is make it through the last couple of weeks of grad school.

But when, on a romantic weekend trip to Sonoma, Hannah is spontaneously offered a marketing job at a family-run winery and doesn't immediately refuse, the couple's meticulously planned forever threatens to come crashing down. And then Hannah impulsively does the unthinkable - she takes a leap of faith.

Abandoning your dream job and life shouldn't feel this good. But this new reality certainly seems like a dream come true--a picturesque cottage overlooking a vineyard; new friends with their own inspiring plans; and William, the handsome son of the winery owners who captures Hannah's heart only to leave for the very city she let go.

Soon, the mission to rescue the failing winery becomes a mission to rescue Hannah from the life she thought she wanted. Crackling with humor and heart, The Shortest Way Home is the journey of one woman shedding expectations in order to claim her own happy ending.

Good Story - spoiled by needless repetition

This was an interesting story; however, I was tempted MANY times to delete it. The seemingly endless tags of “I said”, “he/she said”, were exceedingly irritating!

Great story line, poor writing

Be prepared for a lot oh "he said..." "she said....." "he said...." But story captured me enough to finish book.

An ok, easy read

I liked this book, but I wanted a little more meat to it... it was a little bit surfacey and didn't have a lot of depth. I also struggled with the narration... I didn't feel like it suited the characters very well, and I noticed a lot of the "he said", "I said", etc... that should normally blend into the story. Overall, pretty good little story, easy to listen to.

Meh story and narration

The narrative included at least 3,000 "I said", "he said", "she said"s. It was painful and I felt embarrassed for the narrator.
The story had nice descriptions of food, wine and Sonoma, but other than that - MEH

Sonoma Escape

A sweet, escapist story. Nothing very realistic, although the author tried to inject some relationship drama. The likable characters keep the story engaging ( my favorite character I see Celeste, she's a hoot. The narration was excellent. Overall, wonderful escapist fiction