The Book Of Two Ways

"#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. 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?"