Synopsis
Jodi Picoult's stunning new novel about life, death, and missed opportunities.
Who would you be, if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are now?
Dawn is a death doula, and spends her life helping people make the final transition peacefully.
But when the plane she's on plummets, she finds herself thinking not of the perfect life she has, but the life she was forced to abandon fifteen years ago - when she left behind a career in Egyptology, and a man she loved.
Against the odds, she survives, and the airline offers her a ticket to wherever she needs to get to - but the answer to that question suddenly seems uncertain.
As the path of her life forks in two very different directions, Dawn must confront questions she's never truly asked: What does a well-lived life look like? What do we leave behind when we go? And do we make our choices, or do our choices make us?
Two possible futures. One impossible choice.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781473692404
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 238 x 156 x 36 mm
- Weight: 649g
- Languages: English
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interesting and thought-provoking.
The Book of Two Ways is the twenty-fourth adult novel by award-winning, best-selling American author, Jodi Picoult. By some miraculous quirk of fate, Dawn ... READ MORE
Read more like a text book than fiction!
I’d like to thank Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Book Of Two Ways’ by Jodi Picoult in exchange for my honest a... READ MORE
Contemporary.
Death will come whether or not we are prepared. Of the one million three hundred thousand thoughts we have each day, precious few are about how to meet the... READ MORE
Absorbing and thought provoking
Another absorbing and thought-provoking read from Jodi Picoult. The title is something of a master stroke as it refers to both the ancient Egyptian belief ... READ MORE
Persevere it gets better.
I don’t usually have a problem with devouring a book by Jodi Picoult - I have every book she’s written. The second half of the book I found myself more eng... READ MORE
Not your usual Picoult...
When Dawn survives a plane crash she decides to revisit the life in Egypt she left fifteen years before. She now has to decide which of her two lives to li... READ MORE
Disappointing
Dawn lives in Boston with her husband & daughter. She is a Death Doula- someone who helps the terminally ill to come to terms with dying & to let them die ... READ MORE
A good read
While I did enjoy this read I must admit that I didn't enjoy it quite as much as I have enjoyed Jodi Picoult's books in the past. The premise was good but ... READ MORE
Astonishing, though provoking
This is the best book of the year for me, astonishing, riveting, heartbreaking and totally absorbing. Jodi Picoult tackles the decisions we make, or are m... READ MORE
For anyone who enjoys a love story, or the opportunity to learn then this book is an absolute must.
As always Jodi Picoult has researched her topics in depth and that is clearly evident in her latest book, ‘The Book of Two Ways’ – here we have a story abo... READ MORE
A thought provoking and engaging look at what makes a life well led.
Jodi Picoult always writes intriguing and powerful books and this one is no exception. So many fascinating concepts brought into my thoughts and in several... READ MORE
A love story like no other
The Book of Two ways makes you think about the possibility of multiple lives, or multiple ways your life could turn out.
This is a love story like no othe... READ MORE
Not for everyone but a thought-provoking, life-affirming story
After many a mixed review, I was a little unsure what to expect with The Book of Two Ways. I knew there would be some heavy egyptology references (which we... READ MORE
Something a little different but so good
I’m a bit out of practice reviewing so let’s give this a go and how it goes. If you don’t know, Tandem Collective provide Bookstagrammers with the opportun... READ MORE
One of Picoult’s best.
Dawn is a death doula. She spends her days helping people come to terms with their death and preparing them and their loved ones for the inevitable end but... READ MORE
Could life of been different
Dawn works helping terminally ill people have the life end that they would choose. Fifteen years ago she was a talented Egyptologist in love with a man she... READ MORE
Brilliant
This book is excellent. I know a few people have commented on the fact that theres too much Egyptology mixed in with the fiction, but I'm afraid I have to ... READ MORE
Very hard going!!
Its such a shame because the story line is really good, but its such a hard book to read!!! because I feel like I'm reading a factual book about Egyptology... READ MORE
Waterstones won’t send me my order
I pre-ordered the book months ago, and was excited for its publication. Waterstones cancelled my order and told me to reorder. By then they had more than d... READ MORE
Very Good
This, my fourth novel by Jodi Picoult, though immersive, was definitely not my favourite. Dawn Edelstein, a death doula, is on a journey home when the plan... READ MORE
Disappointing
I have loved Picoults previous books and she is such a talented writer but unfortunately this one just wasn’t for me .
It took me a long time to get into ... READ MORE
Disappointing
I’ve read and enjoyed several books by Picoult. This one is similarly well written and engaging, but I find all the Egyptology facts a bit hard going. I’m ... READ MORE
The Book of Two Ways
Sometimes in your lifetime there's a moment, an event, a something that makes you reevaluate what you have done in your life. And, and this might be more i... READ MORE
Heavy going
Many thanks to Netgalley and Hodder and Stoughton for a digital copy of this book. I haven’t read a Jodi Picoult book in some time and was really looking f... READ MORE
⭐️⭐️⭐️
This book appealed to me as I love anything to do with ancient Egypt, and I have loved many of Jodi Picoult’s other books.
The book is written with chapt... READ MORE
Factually overburdened
The Book of Two Ways is an ancient Egyptian text and belief depicting the path a soul can take to the Afterlife.
Dawn Edelstein lives in Boston, she’s a ... READ MORE
Different, but worth investing the time
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date 20/10/20
NO SPOILERS FROM ME
This felt like a bit of a departure fro... READ MORE
Engaging and intriguing
I was drawn to the book by the promise of Egyptology and the complexity in human relationships – a fork in the road situation. I have not been disappointed... READ MORE
Enjoyed some parts, others not so much
This really was a book of two ways for me. I've loved some of Jodi Picoult's books and was keen to read this one as the storyline really appealed to me and... READ MORE
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
I first started this book, The Book Of Two Ways, in September last year and then began reading it again in January 2021. I have now finished reading this b... READ MORE
Absolutely wonderful
There are times as an avid reader that I come across a book that I literally have to make myself stop reading, in order to make the novel last longer. The... READ MORE
2.5 stars
This was a very frustrating read for me. I intially liked the story and the concept but over the first half, I became disillusioned with the plot and the o... READ MORE