The Book of Two Ways
Book Feature - The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Author Interview with Jodi Picoult
HBL Note: Jodi Picoult doesn’t need the publicity, and certainly not from me. She is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light, two books I adored. But just in case you haven’t picked up a book by Jodi Picoult, let me introduce you to an author that will change the way you see the world or the way you think about things. In Small Great Things she examines racism and in A Spark of Light she examines abortion. I still think about those books today, years after I turned the last page. Scroll down to read about her latest novel, The Book of Two Ways.
Book Feature - The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
From the publisher:
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?
