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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Spark of Light returns with a thought-provoking and otherworldly new novel about the fates that we choose for ourselves and what happens when we have the chance to choose again.

Dawn Edelstein knows everything there is to know about dying. She specialises in helping her clients make peace with the end of their lives. But as she's flying home from her latest case, she is forced to confront her own mortality for the first time.

Instead of seeing her brilliant quantum physicist husband and their beloved daughter flash before her eyes in what she assumes are her last moments, only one face is shockingly clear: Wyatt Armstrong.

Safely on the ground, Dawn now faces a desperate decision. Should she return to Boston, her family and the life she knows, or journey back to an Egyptian archaeological site she left over a decade earlier, reconnect with Wyatt, and finally finish her abandoned magnum opus, The Book of Two Ways?

As the story unfolds, Dawn must confront the questions she's never truly answered: What does a life well-lived look like? When we depart this earth, what do we leave behind of ourselves? And who would you be if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are right now?

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Allen & Unwin
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23 September 2020
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A writer the world should be reading right now ― Independent

It is hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes ― Financial Times

A wise, cerebral, propulsive adventure . . . It eruditely spans the worlds of Egyptology, university physics and end-of-life care, while never losing sight of its high-stakes human story... a captivatingly immersive, multilayered, painstakingly researched and impressively realised exploration of deeply human geographies -- Patricia Nicol ― Sunday Times

Ambitious ― The Times

This complex, time-shifting romance combines moral hazard with Wuthering Heights echoes and degree-level Egyptology. And there aren't many books you can say that about. -- Wendy Holden ― Daily Mail

The pull of the well-drawn characters and powerful themes of regret and love make this head-spinning story a compelling read ― Sunday Mirror

Literary powerhouse Jodi Picoult writes novels that make you think and her latest is no exception ― Sunday Express

This brilliant Sliding Doors-style novel will really get you thinking ― Sun, Fabulous Magazine

Riveting ― Hello

A consummate storyteller ― Saga

A thrilling adventure ... one that will lead readers to both learn a lot and also ask themselves key questions about how to create happy lives for themselves ― Associated Press

Similar to Alice Hoffman's depiction of complex family ties, Picoult's latest stretches the importance of recognizing our bonds to those we love. Highly recommended for open-minded readers. ― Library Journal, starred review

The Book of Two Ways is a return for Picoult to the themes of her earliest books -motherhood, complicated romantic love . . . Picoult, at this point in her career, could skilfully build tension in a broom closet, but the best part of this book is not the suspense; it's the look at the complexity of a woman as she enters middle age . . . [Picoult] always tells both sides of a story not with judgment, but with grace. ― Washington Post

Picoult's fans will appreciate this multifaceted, high concept work. ― Publishers Weekly

Picoult's fans will be more than ready for this puzzle of a novel . . .[they] will find heady themes to consider. ― Booklist

Powerful and compelling ― VIP Magazine

You're sure to be moved by the questions it poses about the meaning of life and death. Food for thought in these current crazy times ― Heat

If you've ever wondered if you could have lived another life, you'll like this ― Sun

Picoult's writing is insightful and richly descriptive ― Press Association

A stunning Sliding Doors-style novel about life, death, and missed opportunities ― East Anglian Daily Times, Top 10 of 2020 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Jodi Picoult's new bestseller explores life, death, and missed opportunities. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084B33733
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Allen & Unwin (23 September 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3223 KB
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Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight novels, including Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister's Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. Picoult lives in New Hampshire.

Her next novel, Mad Honey, co-written with Jennifer Finney Boylan, is available on October 11th.

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Desney King

I loved one of the ways

Reviewed in Australia on 1 October 2021

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3.5 stars from me for a Jodi Picoult novel? Unheard of.
Her work has always been 4 stars, and her most recent (until now) 5 stars.
But no matter how much I wished it, I couldn't develop the fascination with Egyptology required for immersion in this novel. Quantum mechanics, while more interesting, didn't need to be so detailed either; not for me, anyway.
And yet the characters, the themes, the honest focus on death and dying - all excellent.
There's so much to love and admire about The Book of Two Ways; and so much that had me skipping whole sections.
And Jodi: I wish you hadn't given in to your editor's advice about the ending.

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Jess Hfd

Don't waste your money

Reviewed in Australia on 10 September 2021

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I used to be a big fan of Jodi Picoult. Her books always kept you up late at night because you couldn't put them down, twists and turns, fabulous character arcs. This book, however, is terrible. Hours and hours of an entitled, selfish, gaslighting, self-absorbed woman complaining, bitching, woe is me, wambulancing over wanting two men. Worst of all is the ending - the equivalent of your 5 year old's ''and then I woke up, it was all a dream'' stupid endings.

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Katie H.

Not that great

Reviewed in Australia on 16 October 2020

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I'm a huge fan of Jodi but I really struggled with this book(I'm still reading it). It was saturated with Egypt information and not enough of the relationships between the characters.

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Rosa d

Ok but not her best by far

Reviewed in Australia on 1 June 2021

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I was disappointed in this book. I love Jodi picoult and her other books but this felt like a departure from her usual writing and that it could have been written by any average writer. The extent at which it went into all the old Egyptian details felt like overkill and was just not for me.
I miss her standard medical dilemma followed by a court case books!

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Susan murray

the book of two ways

Reviewed in Australia on 23 March 2022

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I have loved every Jodi Picoult book i have read and they are many. However i didnt love this one.
I found the Egyptian explanations hard going and although i get the two ways bit i would have liked to know Dawns ending.

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purplewarrior

The ending ruined it for me

Reviewed in Australia on 29 September 2020

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This is one of the better Jodi Picoult books in recent years. I used to be a big fan but the last one before this I have never finished, it was starting to feel like she was just following a formula. This book was so much better and I loved it until the last page. The ending made me so angry that I have marked it down from 5 stars to 3.

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David Love

one of my favourite jodi picoult reads and i think i havde read most of them

Reviewed in Australia on 18 October 2020

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one of her best..love the way it draws you into seeing your own life and how different paths you could of taken might have led you to a different life for yourself...i identified so much with the main character ..i also have been passionate about egyptian history...this novel was super clever in portraying it's title The book of two ways...on a personal note i am glad of my path when two ways crossed

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Brenton Woolfe

No Easy Answers

Reviewed in Australia on 20 December 2020

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This boòk takes you to many places, geographically,psychologically and historically. I have found reading a novel about the complexity of life such a better way than individual, theoretical text. It particularly resonates with my stage of life and the questions I am asking.
Briliant reading.

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sue

Boring and over priced.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2020

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Really struggled with this so bored only got to chapter 2.
Paid £9.99 on kindle.
Very over priced.
Looking forward to this too.
Usually love her books.
Too much detail about egypt, felt more like a history lesson than a novel.
Not happy I wasted £10 to end up deleting after 2 chapters.
Do amazon really need to charge so expensive for kindle downloads.
I know it's a new release but it's not a hard copy.
I wish I would have download a sample of book first,
But I pre ordered it on the back of authors other amazing books.
Her books are usually fantastic.
But this one wasnt for me.
Sorry jodi. X

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Heather

So disappointed with this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 November 2020

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A real letdown. I’m a huge fan of Jodi Picoult and I’ve read all her books until this one. I dislike the characters, the story is more an encyclopaedia of Egyptian history and quantum physics. If I want to study those subjects then I’ll enrol on a course, but I found that by the time I’d trawled through the lectures I had lost total interest in what the story was about. There’s no question, Jodi definitely did her research. However, I stopped reading halfway through because I just thought ‘Life’s too short ‘!
I will normally persevere with a book, especially when I spend £10 on it, but this time I’ve abandoned it. I was so disappointed as I’d been so looking forward to reading this book. Next time I will download a trial before I buy it.

42 people found this helpful

Simon Hares SerialTrainer7 Ltd

Prepare for a lesson in Egyptology...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 December 2020

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Having read everything Jodi Picoult has written, I was so excited when this arrived. I was actually even more excited when I saw that it contained elements of Egypt too.
However. There are substantial sections of the long chapters that are taken up with information you would learn on a course about Egyptology. Reading the authors notes it is clear that this book was written for her son, who has studied Egyptology in depth, so nice touch.
The thing is I totally understand the need to show that you have done your research, but this element of the book comes across as too educational and moves away from the story. It can feel a bit lazy when an author does this too. "I have a story, it needs some meat on the bones, what can I do...ooh I know I will educate my readers with a history lesson and some cool pictures" It doesn't work.
The story in this book is actually fascinating, I really bought into the the two story lines, I liked the relationship that the man character has for the two men in her life, with the twists and turns that go with it. The overdoes of history just distracts too much.
Dial it back a bit on the history and just give us the amazing stories covering the great subjects moving forward.

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Rachel

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2020

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If I'd wanted too learn about Ancient Egypt, I would've read a book written by an expeert and not a Jodi Picoult novel.
predictable. No proper ending. Definitely not worth the £9.99 I spent.

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Emily

boring

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2020

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I love Jodis books but I could not get into this one. I haven't finished it yet but im not really bothered if I do. I don't want to read about ancient Egypt by the blurb it was misleading I thought it was about her life as a death doula prominently.

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