Literary Fiction
The shortest way home
2013·386 pages
A burned-out humanitarian nurse returns home to care for family, facing duty, roots, and a rekindled romance.
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A burned-out humanitarian nurse returns home to care for family, facing duty, roots, and a rekindled romance.
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Nurse Sean Doran returns from Africa and assumes the parental burden of caring for his aunt and nephew, a responsibility for which he is ill equipped. Soon, he reconnects with Becky, his childhood friend, but their budding romance is threatened by Sean's pathological reluctance to put down roots, and he has to finally decide what's most important to him.
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Budding romance with a childhood friend; attraction and emotional intimacy
Violence & gore
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References to past nursing work in war zones and disasters
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Faith and spiritual strength appear as recurring themes
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Background references to war zones and humanitarian crises
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Family grapples with a devastating hereditary disease; caregiving strain
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