"The Way Home" is the second part of the trilogy "The Fortunes of Richard Mahony" by Australian writer Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson under her pen name, Henry Handel Richardson. The novel tells about the life of Dr. Richard Townshend-Mahony from Edinburg, who went to Australia for a better life. In the second book, "The Way Home," Dr. Mahony returns to Britain but realizes that he is used to the adventurous lifestyle of Australia. What way will he choose?