The Path is a journey through the creative careers of three women writers from one family. Widowed at age 44 in the middle of the Great Depression, with three kids to raise, Ernestine Cobern Beyer's goal of enhancing her meager income by selling her poems led to her career as one of the most popular children's poets of the 20th century. Her daughter Barbara caught the writing bug and created rollicking stories of family foibles, personal misadventures, and boating and flying mishaps- which have entertained thousands of readers of her magazine articles, memoir (Take my ex, please-but not too far) and her blog, Tears and Laughter at Age 90. Granddaughter Kathie has written largely on more serious issues-war and peace-but has also published stories on her blog, engagingpeace.com. Their memoir is amply illustrated with photos, sketches, and paintings to add color to their poetry and prose.