The Shortest Path Home Is Through The Heart - Softcover

Lynda Schultz

9781597150460: The Shortest Path Home Is Through The Heart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597150460 ISBN 13: 9781597150460

Publisher: Chapel Hill Press, 2007

At the tender age of six months, Mattie Rose and Annie Lizbeth Radley are left behind by their mother who prefers to seek greener, unencumbered pastures. Nine years later, these bright and high-spirited twins are ready to enter fifth grade and conquer new challenges. Supported by the love of their wise and practical grandmother, and the guidance of their hard-working, loyal father, the twins' tenth year is filled with fun, childhood foolishness, as well as an awakening to the realities of a more complicated world. This is a poignant story of childhood innocence, resilience, the drive to overcome hardship, and the acceptance of bitter truth. It is the story of family, and the unbreakable bonds of sisterly love.

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About the Author:

Lynda Schultz was born and raised in North Carolina. Her stories reflect her love of the South, family, and the ties that bind them together. Lynda has entertained people for years with her unique style of storytelling, and has now captured some of those stories in this, her first novel.

Review:

Lynda Schultz's first novel is more of an experience than a read. She writes with the wry wit of Mark Twain, and the subtle moral sensibility of Jane Austen. The stories are so much darned fun I had a hard time yanking myself out of Schultz's world and back into my own! --Joseph Grenny, co-author of two New York Times best-sellers, Crucial Conversations and Influencer

Lynda Schultz's first book is all about the coming of age adventures of the Radley sisters. Their 20th century antics are equal to the 19th century adventures of Tom Sawyer. Lynda Schultz may well be the Mark Twain of stories about girls finding their place in the world. High Five for this author! --Charlotte Roberts, co-author of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook and The Dance of Change

For a first novel, Schultz provides breathtaking insight into the hearts and minds of the Radley family. In Chicken Fried Steak, Annie Lizbeth's supper time upset is masterfully soothed by her father by using what was literally at hand, a casserole. The nuance is subtle but powerful. I'd like to bottle the twin's creativity and humor. I laughed and I cried. I hated for the book to end. --Brenda Murphy, Founder of the Georgia Centre for Parental Coaching and author of, 101 ADHD-ADD Lifetips

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