The Shortest Way Home

A Novel

De: Miriam Parker

Narrado por: 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.

Great story about love, self discovery, and wine.

Loved this escape to wine country and one woman's journey to self discovery and happiness.

Not an attention-grabber

This book appealed to me, and I enjoyed the first few chapters, but then I lost interest. I didn’t enjoy the narrator, her accents for the characters made them all sound snooty and annoyed. Then, the storyline was very slow. I gave it up halfway through, and that is rare for me.