#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?
