While reading The Shortest Way Home, I learned some things I didn't know, which I love to do when enjoying fiction. Huntington's disease, Ireland, and sensory disorder - these are the topics the author obviously researched well, and used to advance the plot. Told from a 43-year-old man's point of view, this is a book about family, the challenges of being part of one, and the healing that can happen when we confront our deepest wounds.