By Jodi Picoult – <\/b>Ballantine Books, 2020<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Death has always been a part of Dawn Edelstein\u2019s life. It began with an early fascination with<\/span> how ancient Egyptians embraced dying as a part of living. As a grad student in Egyptology, she met Wyatt Armstrong. They shared a passion for <\/span>The Book of Two Ways<\/span><\/i>, a series of hieroglyphics inscribed inside certain Egyptian coffins that mapped the path of the afterlife. That fervor brought them together romantically, and Dawn felt her life was becoming what it was meant to be. But when she was called to her mother\u2019s death bed, Dawn abruptly found herself taking a different path. <\/span><\/p>\n Fifteen years later, she is married to a quantum physicist named Brian, raising a teenage daughter and working as a death doula. She guides clients through the process of dying, easing the transition from life, helping with everything from physical care to last wishes. She loves the work and she loves her family, but a strong connection with a new client stirs up buried memories and desires. She is torn between \u201cwhat is\u201d and \u201cwhat if.\u201d What if, after her mother\u2019s death, she\u2019d found a way to rejoin Wyatt in Egypt and resume both her career and their love affair?<\/span><\/p>\n The book begins with Dawn surviving a plane crash and questioning her mortality. She knows so much about dying\u2014she just isn\u2019t sure she\u2019s an expert on living, and the time has come to take a good, long look at what is most important in her world. <\/span>Sprinkled with snippets about Egyptian hieroglyphs and history, this novel will take you deep into the burial chambers of ancient kings and up into the mysteries of death. It will make you think about the path you are on now, and how you\u2019ll feel about your choices when you face the inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Death has always been a part of Dawn Edelstein\u2019s life. It began with an early fascination with<\/span> how ancient Egyptians embraced dying as a part of living.<\/span><\/p>\n