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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…

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Why read it?

3 authors picked The Book of Two Ways as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I liked the parts of the book set in Egypt and am always attracted to any references to quantum theory. I doubt, however, that any British aristocrat would have been christened Wyatt. He should definitely have been a Charles, Henry or William.

This is an intricate love story which will take you on an emotional journey.

Having survived a plane crash, Dawn decides that, instead of going home to her husband of fifteen years in Boston, she will fly straight to Cairo and her previous lover.

Going back to the world of archaeology, which she loved - the excitement of the discovery of a new tomb, even the hard conditions, lack of space and comforts – she is forced to face her feelings for the man she left behind all those years ago.

Did she make a mistake when she left him,…

Remember those stories you used to read a kid, where you could choose which way the story went next, and choose your own ending?

I was never the kid who could just make a decision and see where the story went – I always had to read all the different options to see what might have happened. 

That's why this book appealed, because you get to see how both choices worked out. And then it surprises you all over again

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