by Jodi Picoult
First published 2020
Dawn Edelstein braces for impact as her plane prepares to crash land. In those terrifying moments, her thoughts turn not to her husband Brian back in Boston, but to Wyatt Armstrong, the archaeologist she left behind fifteen years ago. Dawn survives the crash, and the airline offers to transport passengers anywhere they want to go. She faces two paths. She can return home to Boston, to her husband, her daughter, and her work as a death doula helping hospice patients. Or she can fly to Egypt, where Wyatt continues excavating ancient burial sites and where her own abandoned archaeological research waits. Dawn once studied the same field, focusing on The Book of Two Ways, the first known map of the afterlife. Life forced her to abandon that work, but now fate offers a second chance. The story follows both possible futures as Dawn weighs her choices. She must confront what makes a life worth living and examine the secrets she has buried. Her decision will determine not just her future, but who she truly is.
Genres: fiction, romance, literary-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Boston, Egypt
Period: Present Day
416 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine