The Book of Two Ways The Book of Two Ways

The Book of Two Ways

A Novel

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Publisher Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light comes a “powerful” (The Washington Post) novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE

Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She’s on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: Prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong.

Dawn, miraculously, survives the crash, but so do all the doubts that have suddenly been raised. She has led a good life. Back in Boston, there is her husband, Brian, their beloved daughter, and her work as a death doula, in which she helps ease the transition between life and death for her clients.

But somewhere in Egypt is Wyatt Armstrong, who works as an archaeologist unearthing ancient burial sites, a career Dawn once studied for but was forced to abandon when life suddenly intervened. And now, when it seems that fate is offering her second chances, she is not as sure of the choice she once made.

After the crash landing, the airline ensures that the survivors are seen by a doctor, then offers transportation to wherever they want to go. The obvious destination is to fly home, but she could take another path: return to the archaeological site she left years before, reconnect with Wyatt and their unresolved history, and maybe even complete her research on The Book of Two Ways—the first known map of the afterlife.

As the story unfolds, Dawn’s two possible futures unspool side by side, as do the secrets and doubts long buried with them. Dawn must confront the questions she’s never truly asked: What does a life well lived look like? When we leave this earth, what do we leave behind? Do we make choices . . . or do our choices make us? And who would you be if you hadn’t turned out to be the person you are right now?

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2020
September 22
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
432
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
19.7
MB

Customer Reviews

YayaNetski ,

Dawn and Egyptian history

Good love story . Lots of history and back and forth in time and Egyptian history. Too much history for me . Less on Egyptian mummies and more would have been fine. The main character narrator was good enough.

NC774 ,

It’s all about life choices

Yes, there was more info about Egyptology that I wanted to know, but there is so much more if you read the entire book. Pick it back up again, skim thru some of the stuff, but finish the book. It is so worth it!

Sllilly003 ,

Cried many times

Jodi Picoult is my favorite author. I’ve read all of her books. This one got missed for a few years because the reviews scared me. I missed out big time. I love the research that goes into her books. It is very apparent. The subject of Egyptology is not the most fascinating to me but I learned a lot.

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