It comes as no surprise that the Gilford name is
synonymous with the little town of Higgins, South
Carolina. It's the place where the Gilford clan has been
gathering for many years to celebrate its annual reunion
which is the envy of all its residents. Where else can one
find food, fun, and a frenzy of relatives each one dying to
outdo the next while relaxing under the umbrella of family
love?
Emma Lauryn Gilford is no stranger to the mayhem
associated with her crazy family. Since the death of her
beloved father, her mother has been living day-by-day as if
awaiting the next chapter of life. So when the brunt of
the planning for the annual reunion gets shifted to her,
Emma feels totally overwhelmed, and is wondering if she
can ever live up to her mother's high expectations.
When a voice from the past invades her world, Emma
starts to question her life choices. She knows she gave up
on romance with Sam who happens to be her sister's former
boyfriend as well as Emma's past secret lover. And now,
Sam is back. Why has he chosen to contact her after all
these years? Is this the push she needs to finally start
living again?
As the reunion day quickly approaches, Emma's
family starts pulling her in all different directions.
Marty, her flamboyant mother is acting strange with a new
paramour named Robert constantly by her side. Her sister
Joy's marriage is quickly falling apart, her much loved
niece Stephie seeks refuge in her arms, and her favorite
sister Erika is contemplating a life change. Will Emma be
able to help solve their problems, or is it time for her to
step aside and start chasing her own dreams?
THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO WOMEN is a spell-binding
novel of feel-good drama that underscores the
importance of familial bonds while learning to live life to
the fullest. It's hard not to get caught up in Radish's
world as she spreads some fun-loving adventures of a
hilarious family as they earn a well-deserved place in the
reader's heart.
Bestselling author Kris Radish takes the emotional measure
of mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends in her wise and
wonderful new novel of a woman unsure if she’s on the verge
of a breakdown—or a breakthrough.…
After
all these years is there any way you would see me again?
When Emma Lauryn Gilford heard the voice on her answering
machine, she thought, How dare he? She’s put a lot of
distance between herself and Samuel, filling her life with
work and family, lavishing her attention on her lovely
nieces and a garden that’s the pride of Higgins, South
Carolina. So why does his voice still have the power to make
her heart skip? Why can’t she stop thinking about this man
she’d forgotten so long ago?
Emma has always
been the dependable daughter, the mediator of the controlled
chaos always surrounding her high-strung sisters and her
widowed mother, Higgins’s own senior citizen seductress. But
with the annual Gilford family reunion just around the
corner, at least two of her sisters approaching meltdown,
and her favorite teenage niece taking sanctuary in her home,
Emma’s concrete wall of self-denial is showing cracks. And
on the other side is a life she can’t put off living a
moment longer.
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