Very original with some beautiful passages. Dawn's story is told through the past and present. We are introduced to those in her life and her relationships with them. This book touches on many themes such as: life, death, choices, the what-ifs, the afterlife, loss and happiness. This was a hard one to rate because; although interesting, sometimes getting through all the Egyptian history felt like work. She did her research and it showed. When you walk two paths in life, which one do you ultimately choose?
Which will Dawn? Or one opportunity To seize everything, you ever wanted In one moment Would you capture it Or just let it slip? In the end, I am glad I read it and enjoyed it. It did take some work, but I found it to be well worth it. I learned a lot and appreciated the messages about life and death.
Some of her passages were quite beautiful. I think this would make an interesting book club book as there is a lot to discuss. Thank you to Random House Ballantine and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own. View all 20 comments. Sep 15, Barbara rated it really liked it.
When she was in her mid-twenties, Dawn McDowell was a Ph. Dawn and fellow graduate student, Wyatt Armstrong - a handsome, golden-haired Brit Dawn and Wyatt sniped at each other constantly until the day they discovered a depinto - a When she was in her mid-twenties, Dawn McDowell was a Ph. Dawn and Wyatt sniped at each other constantly until the day they discovered a depinto - an inscription in hieroglyphics - beneath a rock ledge.
The depinto revealed the existence of a previously unknown tomb, and in their excitement - when Wyatt wrapped his arms around Dawn and spun her around - the two became friends Dawn and Wyatt's area of study was 'The Book of Two Ways', an inscription in Egyptian tombs that depicts two paths to the afterlife, an upper water path and a lower land path.
The deceased travels down one of the pathways, meeting guardians and watchers who prevent unworthy sinners from passing. They pictured themselves together, leading digs; unearthing tombs; interpreting hieroglyphics; publishing articles; etc.
Then the unthinkable happened. Dawn learned her mother was in a hospice, dying of ovarian cancer. Dawn rushed home to Boston to care for her mother, who died a few weeks later. This made Dawn guardian of her year-old brother Kieran, a responsibility Dawn took very seriously.
Thus, Dawn withdrew from the Egyptology program; met physicist Brian Edelstein; got pregnant; got married; became a death doula a person who helps the dying at the end of their lives ; and didn't say a word about any of it to Wyatt.
Dawn is married to physicist Brian Edelstein, a caring solicitous spouse who teaches at Harvard; Dawn and Brian are raising their year-old daughter Meret, a science whiz who attends summer STEM camp; and Dawn is helping her client Win, a dying artist, peacefully approach her last moments. Dawn's life takes a dramatic turn when Brian gets too cozy with an attractive graduate student and Win tells Dawn about her lost first love, whom she never forgot. As Dawn navigates her life she's torn between Wyatt and her Egyptology studies on the one hand the land path , and Brian and Meret on the other hand the water path.
That's the basic theme of the book. The story moves back and forth in time, alternating between events fifteen years ago and events in the present. Some of the time jumps are purposely tricky. A Jodi Picoult novel is never simple, and the book includes a good bit of chitchat about ancient Egypt, physics, the responsibilities of a death doula, and Irish superstitions.
The ancient Egypt sections include discussions of Egyptian gods; beliefs; tombs; inscriptions; hieroglyphics; pharaohs; kings; queens; brothers; sisters; incest which was common ; marriages; burial rites; the afterlife; etc.
It's like a mini-textbook about ancient Egypt. Display of an ancient Egyptian tomb The physics sections are about quantum mechanics and multiverses - the idea that there are infinite universes with parallel timelines. Thus I might be a physics professor giving a lecture in one timeline; a cab driver in a car crash in a second timeline; a ballerina rehearsing with the Bolshoi in a third timeline, married to my first boyfriend in a fourth timeline The duties of a death doula are exemplified by Dawn's recollections of former clients and her day-to-day care of Win.
Death doula responsibilities can include helping the client declutter the house; make a will; plan a funeral; visit favorite places; write letters; comfort relatives; and so on.
Whatever the client wants that's not medical-related. The Irish superstitions are among the more light-hearted parts of the book. She put safety pins in Dawn's clothing to ward off the evil eye; taught Dawn never to whistle indoors; instructed Dawn to look in a mirror if she left the house and had to come back in; made Dawn pay a penny after she gave her a Swiss Army Knife for Christmas; told Dawn she'd never get married if she sat in the corner at the table; and so on.
These rituals are meant to insure good luck and prevent harm, and Dawn brings them up - usually in fun - as the occasion arises. I found the 'extra bits' of the novel interesting, but some reviewers think the Egyptology and physics chatter is excessive and boring. I enjoyed the book and was engrossed in Dawn's dilemma You might be tempted to get judgy, but read the book first.
View all 14 comments. There are times that a book just seems to come at just the right moment. Perhaps it is because of a life situation, a death or birth, or just because one finds themselves at a junction in life where the subject matter hits home with multiple punches. I have a 94 year old mother who is frail and as I read this book my thoughts constantly drifted to her and the end of life choices she and I will eventually need to make. Death is an absolute. None of us escape death, none of us return from it, none There are times that a book just seems to come at just the right moment.
None of us escape death, none of us return from it, none of us know what awaits us. Dawn Edelstein is studying to be an Egyptologist. She is a young woman on the cusp of fulfilling a dream when a phone call comes that changes forever the direction her life will take. Her mother is dying, and even though she has fallen in love with Wyatt Armstrong, another Egyptologist, she rushes home to be with her mother and her young brother at this stressful time. She will not return to Egypt to the land and the man she loves as duty to her mother and brother prevail.
Dawn meets a man, a quantum physicist, Brian, who is brilliant and explores the concept that we, as living things could in theory live in alternate universes where are choices are different, and our lives are not ones we are now experiencing. They have a child, a daughter, and eventually marry but there is always at the back of Dawn's thoughts the idea of Wyatt. Dawn loves her husband but with a love not equal to that she shared with Wyatt.
Will her love for Brian win the day or is Wyatt the person she can't live without? These are multiple themes explored in this story. The concept of ancient Egyptians's belief in an afterlife and preparation for it was fascinating.
Dawn's eventual job as a death doula offered a unique and heart felt perspective into how we can prepare one for their demise. Would we have been with the person who first filled our life and our soul with his or her love? How many of us have thought back and wondered what road we would have traveled if our life followed the pathway of a first love?
Where are these first loves now? I found the book to be utterly fascinating and it touched my emotional core and made me think and wonder and reflect. Do we actually at the end of our days wonder what if? Do we come to terms with the life we lead or do we constantly think perhaps if only. I absolutely loved this story, its message, its cautionary warning that life is fleeting and how we need to grab onto the moments that thrill us.
There is much spoken of in this book of the ancient Egyptian stories and rituals of long ago with their plethora of gods, paths to follow, and rituals. I was fortunate in understanding this section, since I taught a unit on Egypt for many years to the many classes that passed through my teaching life.
It fascinated me drew me back to the wonder and joy my students and I experienced exploring and learning of what came before us. I most definitely recommend this book for all the ways it might conjure up your thoughts, make you see a reality that perhaps you didn't chose, and realize that all of us will eventually face a life that will come to an end.
It's the road we travel that we see in the end, its joy, its sorrows and perhaps the people we left behind along the way.
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book due out on September 22, View all 39 comments. Sep 06, Liz rated it really liked it Shelves: netgalley. Nothing like a plane crash to make you re-think your life.
She is one of 36 survivors to walk away from a crash. She uses the opportunity to fly anywhere by the airline to return to Egypt. Fifteen years ago, she was a grad student helping with a dig at Deir el-Bersha.
Because maybe Nothing like a plane crash to make you re-think your life. Maybe she just returned home to deal with life as she knows it, to try and fix her marriage and be there for her teenage daughter.
The plot swirls on this alternative universe idea. I saw her as being selfish. But then, there comes a point in the story where she explains herself and I totally got it.
Picoult makes sure to provide the reader with a lot of background on both hieroglyphics and quantum mechanics. The book focuses on finding purpose and meaning in life. It also focuses on love - first loves, sustaining loves. But this feels like a departure from what I picture when I think of one of her books.
But her other books have a big ordeal, usually a controversial topic. So, it comes across as a quieter book, if that makes sense. But I loved the points she makes - that love often means hurting someone, that there are no perfect choices. My thanks to netgalley and Random House for an advance copy of this book. View all 30 comments.
Nov 24, Susanne rated it it was ok. Reading this book made me feel like I failed classes in Egyptology and Quantum Physics and therefore failed out of College. This novel is about Dawn, a woman whose life is unfulfilled, even though she is married to Brian and has a teenaged daughter. Years prior, in college, she met and fell for Wyatt who she has never forgotten.
When the plane Dawn is on crashes, she has an opportunity: she can go back home or she can take a trip down memory lane, to Wyatt. While I loved the first few pages of this novel all of which took place in New Haven, CT, a mere skip and a hop away from my hometown of Woodbridge and loved Dawn visiting all of my old haunts, once this novel delved into Egyptology I was completely lost. The split past v present storyline was well done and somewhat intriguing and while I did find some part of this storyline and the characters to be enjoyable, on the whole, I skimmed through much of the story which felt like reading a University textbook.
I struggled to get through this and hope that the author returns to her tried and true the next time around. This was another buddy read with Kaceey.
Published on Goodreads on View all 53 comments. Sep 04, Michael David rated it liked it. A book about love and loss, life and death A whole lot about Egyptology. Dawn lives in Boston with her husband, Brian, and her teenaged daughter, Merit. She is a death doula, someone who is there to support a dying person any way necessary. His name is Wyatt A A book about love and loss, life and death His name is Wyatt Armstrong, and he is in Egypt, where she left and never returned 15 years ago.
What would her life be like if she got on a plane and went to Egypt to see Wyatt, now an archaeologist who unearths ancient burial sites? What if she were able to complete her research on The Book of Two Ways a map of the afterlife? What if she goes back home to Brian and Merit, and tries to forget about Wyatt and Egypt all over again?
This was a very difficult book to rate. I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised by how much I ended up enjoying it. I became attached to the characters and their dynamics, and I was surprised by some unexpected twists. I found myself skimming some long passages until the story went back to the main plot. There were also some discussions about quantum physics that went completely over my head.
I consider myself smart, and I always enjoy learning new things well View all 45 comments. May 26, Kasa Cotugno rated it did not like it Shelves: loc-usa-new-england , arc , loc-africa-egypt. A reader picks up a Jodi Picoult novel for specific reasons. A story well told containing some mystery, with enclosed life lessons and usually a twist they didn't see coming.
This novel, sadly, has none of that. I'm afraid she seems to have jumped the shark, or several sharks as the case may be. Much the same as with James Michener in later years, there doesn't seem to have been much editing going on here -- great swaths of pages that repeat needlessly.
Both storylines are bloated with detail an A reader picks up a Jodi Picoult novel for specific reasons. Both storylines are bloated with detail and description that stall the plot, plus two romantic entanglements with exceptional, well educated men who are over the moon for the narrator, and that plot line gets old.
If I hadn't had to write a review, I wouldn't have finished it.. View all 15 comments. Aug 14, Chris rated it it was amazing. I love the way that Jodi Picoult continues to grow and explore new narrative structures: moving backwards in time in "A Spark of Light" a la "Time's Arrow," or offering us a nonlinear examination of one woman's exploration of "what might have been" in her latest novel, "The Book of Two Ways.
Some of the small moments of families in crisis in Massachusetts are tender and wistful -- the protagonist's family, I love the way that Jodi Picoult continues to grow and explore new narrative structures: moving backwards in time in "A Spark of Light" a la "Time's Arrow," or offering us a nonlinear examination of one woman's exploration of "what might have been" in her latest novel, "The Book of Two Ways.
Some of the small moments of families in crisis in Massachusetts are tender and wistful -- the protagonist's family, but also the family of the woman she helps care for as a death doula -- while the bigger moments in Egypt are rich with the history of how another, distant culture handled death and dying.
Every time she gets an email from Finn, things keep getting worse, more people are dying!!!!! Her descriptions are so vivid I could picture the landscape, the volcano and the sea. The characters are well described and I got lost in the story.
The characters evolve and change along with the story!! There are shifts in the novel, we are able to enter the world of NYC hospitals in crisis mode!! The nurses and doctors are all doing their best, but they are fighting an unknown enemy!! I felt truly engaged with the characters, I found the story believable and I learned so much.
You will learn why Ms. Picoult was compelled to write this novel and all the research she did. I can highly recommend this book to everyone!!! View all 59 comments. Nearly four years they saved up for Galapagos trip they planned: this is the best time for Diane because legendary Kitomi Ito quiet twin of Yoko Ono decided to postpone the auction of the famous Toulouse - Lautrec painting she owned because of uprising of contagious virus.
So he offers her to go alone and interestingly she accepts! When she gets off the ferry to walk to her hotel, she realizes her hotel is closed and for two weeks the entire island is shut down for quarantine. Thankfully a local woman provides her a house to stay, leaving traditional food at her kitchen. She starts writing postcards to communicate with Finn but the post office is also close. How will she send them? But her fate crosses with this charismatic mysterious man and his daughter which probably change her entire vision and perspective about the island!
The emotional approach of the story and fair- satisfying ending made me smile a lot. I think I can give 10 stars for the heartfelt, earth shattering ending! It makes you remind of respecting them so deeply! They are the real heroes who saved our lives and gave us hope to hold on for so long! She also depicted the perfect pictures of Galapagos. She told us a story of a girl who planned everything to choose different path from her mother she resented for abandoning her.
But she also told how to open our hearts and forgive each other to be free from our resentments. I extremely loved this book so much! I think this is one of the best works of the author. This is one of the books you want to reread at different parts and timelines of your life.
View 2 comments. Diana is nearly 30, about to make a major sale in her art auction job, and is happily in a relationship with surgical resident Finn. Life is perfect. The island has shut down and everyone is in lockdown. There are no ferries to get to the airport, and no flights to get her back home. The hotel she was supposed to stay at is closed. Luckily, she meets a local woman who lets her stay at the empty apartment attached to her house.
Feeling isolated and completely alone, Diana meets a local family who help her out and start to embrace her. Picoult writes a gripping story that is largely unputdownable. What I really appreciated was learning about the emergency healthcare workers on the frontline in the early days of lockdown when there were so many unanswered questions.
I can imagine that what happens in this book might not sit well with ALL readers, but ultimately it worked for me and made me think. Again, the research Picoult did is astounding I absolutely loved reading about her writing journey. View all 98 comments. To be completely honest, I was nervous as hell, beginning this book.
But when New York is ravaged by Covid, it looks like their dream holiday will have to be shelved. Finn is a resident at a large New York Hospital and things are about to hit the fan. Capturing the consuming fear and exhausting moment of every healthcare worker called into the fight to deal with the nightmare crisis.
No sensationalism here…just the brutal reality of it all. The structure of the chapters midway had me subconsciously holding my breath! I was captivated, nearly frozen in place. Even when simply trying to describe the book to a friend they start flowing again.
A must-read for ! View all 62 comments. No doubt about it. Jodi Picoult is a polished writer, and her research is always meticulous. This author can write. So, this rating is not a reflection of her talent…but rather one reflecting my enjoyment level of reading this story.
Or lack of enjoyment, as the case may be. The hospital needs all hands on deck. Their vacation is non-refundable and he encourages her to take it, not realizing how bad things would get. Diana finds herself stranded there, the borders closed, the Island under quarantine. This is a prevalent theme in the entire book, and Ms.
Picoult does not hold back. If you read this-be prepared! If you have lost someone to Covidit may be too soon to pick this up. I do LOVE what a wonderful tribute it is to the medical community…the men and women who continue to be the heroes of this Pandemic. Available November 30, It was my pleasure to offer a candid review View all 86 comments.
Take a deep breath. The dreams you had, the trips you wanted to take, the memories you thought you could make? Jodi Picoult's latest novel, fresh off the front page of life, explores all of these questions, as her characters battle the pandemic from two entirely different perspectives.
The result? A tale as heartbreaking and poignant as you could possibly imagine. Diana always has a plan. The two are just about to check off one of their collective bucket list items with a trip to the stunning Galapagos islands. However, news of this new virus has brought the city to a standstill and Finn is trapped at work with no respite in sight.
Diana hesitantly listens to Finn when he tells her to go on their trip anyway As idyllic as this sounds, Diana quickly learns she will not be able to return to NYC anytime soon When she befriends a few locals, however, her perspective on the trajectory of her life begins to shift. What exactly IS she missing at home?
Can she hide forever in paradise? And as lives hang in the balance, is she gaining more than she thought she lost?
Picoult has a knack for pressing a finger firmly on the pulse of our nation and in this case, our world! She never shies away from controversial topics and isn't afraid to make her viewpoints known. Aside from her political views, however, she knows how to write a heart and gut-wrenching story and although this book didn't move me to tears, it did SHOCK me. I was absolutely stunned, and it's probably one of the more surprising experiences I've had reading any of Picoult's books thus far.
And of course there's the small fact that we are all STILL dealing with COVID in some way shape or form, so at times it was difficult to read about it, mainly because like so many of us, I wish this was a chapter we could consider closed.
Picoult never rests though, her thorough and detailed research shines, although it can feel like a LOT at times. But again, this is due to the fact that COVID has been such a loud and relevant part of our lives for well over a year now, and the fatigue can be overwhelming and I can only imagine how it is exponentially worse for those in the medical field and on the front lines in any respect! What it also ultimately does, however, is remind us that destiny is ALWAYS in our hands even when the universe tries to tell us otherwise.
This is another strong, beautiful, and moving effort from Picoult, and hopefully someday it will stand testament to a time when we could feel truly grateful for all that we have, all we can give, and all the potential our lives TRULY hold. View all 54 comments.
Jen Shock is good for me. Catherine Woodward Jen wrote: "Shock is good for me. Her boyfriend is a surgical resident, and they are preparing to leave soon for Galapagos. She will celebrate her 30th birthday while on this lovely vacation away from the city, spent with the man she loves, and is pretty sure he will propose. At least she can get away from all of this for a while. When her plane lands she finds out that her luggage is lost, and when the boat taking her to the island arrives, she realizes it may be the last boat there.
And back. Until I read this, I would have said that her The Storyteller was the one that pulled me in completely. So many that gave me hope. But she allows herself to open up to the limited possibilities available and celebrates the beauty found in this lovely place and in the people.
The struggle with feeling isolated, even as we have all struggled during this isolation, that isolation, that struggle is also what connects us. While the pandemic is what propels this story to the story that follows, it is so much more than just a pandemic story. It is a story of love in all its many forms, finding the people and places that call you home, and recognizing the beauty in answering that call.
Debra Terrific review, Cheri! Cheri Thanks so much, Debra! Happy to see you've added this, and I hope you love it, too! Thanks so much, Debra! What a page turner! This is a pandemic themed novel involving a young couple who live together in NYC at the time when COVID was first beginning to swamp the hospitals and there were so many deaths.
They had a previously planned trip to the Galapagos, and when the departure date comes.. Diana makes it What a page turner! Diana makes it to the island just before everything is totally closed down. Shocking plot twist! View all 26 comments. In accordance with the publisher's request, my review will be updated after the sale date of November Darla I'm just starting this one today. Looking forward to seeing your review! Tina I want to get my hands on this book so bad!!
Great to see those 4 shiny stars!! Melissa LifeFullyBooked I have this one coming up next! So excited to read it--so many great reviews so far and I haven't read Picoult in years. I have this one coming up next! I had read some advanced reviews about what this book was about but they were not able to prepare me for how reading Wish You Were Here was going to affect me. Jodi Picoult was able to capture all the underlying fears, warnings, precautions, attitudes, compliance and non-compliance to the threat of Covid as it overtook and cast its ugly face upon the world.
Her extensive research was masterful. She captured the essence of the bewilderment, terror, stress, pure exhaustion and the determination to not let the virus win that the members of the health care community faced. The challenges of living in quarantine, excessive hand washing, securing time slots for food delivery, the process of wiping down and washing everything that would be touched, gathering mail and delaying its opening, mask wearing, overcrowded hospitals and the exorbitant amount of patients put on ventilators only to die were all present throughout.
All those things and more was what made this book so believable. Jodi Picoult captured those moments of crisis so many of us faced and also the resilience that so many exhibited to be able to navigate their way through the pandemic. Wish You Were Here was well written and so memorable. Her private life was equally satisfying.
Her long term boyfriend, Finn, was a surgical resident at a prominent New York hospital. Their futures were promising and together they contemplated an engagement and eventually marriage and a home in nearby Westchester County. Diana even suspected that Finn would finally propose to her there and of course she would say yes.
The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband, but 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, her beloved daughter, and her work as a death doula, where 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 job she 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 the survivors are seen by a doctor, then offers transportation wherever they want to go. The obvious option for Dawn is to continue down the path she is on and go home to her family.
The other is to 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.
When we leave this earth, what do we leave behind? Do we make choices The paperback edition is now available! Colleen Darnell. Here are some photos from my journey that directly reflect moments in the book! When my phone alarm chimes, I fish it out from the pocket of my cargo pants. Eun Ae Kim. Alan Rosenfeldt. Marlon Jensen. Marlon had changed out all the toilets in his house and put in new flooring and cleaned the gutters; he bought graduation gifts for his two children and hid them away.
He took his twelve-year-old daughter to a hotel ballroom and waltzed with her while I filmed it on his phone, so that the day she got married there would be video of her dancing with her father. Everyone in my row is asleep. There I blow my nose and look in the mirror. Lines fan from the corners of my eyes, like the creases of a familiar map. If I untangle the braid that lies over my left shoulder, these terrible fluorescent lights would pick up those first gray strands in my hair.
I grab a handful of tissues and open the door, intent on heading back to my seat, but the little galley area is packed with flight attendants. They are knotted together like a frown. They stop talking when I appear. A flight attendant is the guide who helps you navigate that passage smoothly.
You go alone. So whether you're a new Jodi Picoult reader searching for your first gripping read or a long-time fan looking to complete your collection, here are the best Jodi Picoult novels, as ranked by Goodreads members. It's the story of two sisters, one with leukemia and the other conceived with a purpose: As a bone marrow donor for her sister.
When Anna decides she's had enough of being her sister's keeper, she and her family begin a journey of sisterhood, parenting, and the morality of doing everything you can for your family. Sterling is a quiet small town in New Hampshire where a devastating event occurs over 19 minutes, leaving the community shaken. In this dramatic contemporary fiction novel that reads like a thriller, the town must confront their own role in the tragedy if they hope to find justice. Ruth Jefferson is a nurse with 20 years of experience who is shocked when a family requests Ruth not touch their newborn, as Ruth is Black and the parents are proud white supremacists.
When Ruth is alone in the nursery, their baby goes into cardiac distress and Ruth hesitates before administering aid, leaving her charged with a serious crime in this heart-racing story of race, prejudice, and a gripping trial in this book that feels impossible to put down.
In this emotionally devastating read, Chris and Emily seemed to be made for each other as their families have been closely intertwined since they were born.
When the families get a midnight phone call and learn that year-old Emily is dead with a gunshot wound to her head, Chris explains their alleged suicide pact to the police — a plan that doesn't seem entirely believable.
In "The Storyteller," Sage is desperately trying to recover from her mother's death when she meets elderly Josef in her grief support group and the two become unlikely friends.
In this historical fiction story about forgiveness, Sage is forced to question her morals and her identity when Josef admits a shocking secret and asks Sage for a staggering favor. When an infant is found dead in a barn in the small Amish community of Paradise, Pennsylvania, the town is even more shocked to find the child did not die of natural causes and the mother is unmarried, year-old Katie Fisher.
Ellie Hathaway is a high-profile defense attorney who happens to be staying in Paradise and sees Katie's case as a way to do something truly good. Jacob Hunt is a teenager with autism who is obsessed with forensic analysis, listening to his personal police scanner, and offering his usually correct opinions to investigators. When someone in their small town is murdered, Jacob doesn't appear helpful to the police — he appears guilty.
When Jenna Metcalf was only three years old, her scientist mother mysteriously disappeared after a tragic accident. Now 11, Jenna refuses to accept that her mother could have abandoned her and studies her journals, meticulously searching for answers. Charlotte and Sean prayed for a healthy baby, as all expecting parents do, but when their daughter is born with osteogenesis imperfecta, it feels like their world has been turned upside down.
When a series of events force Charlotte and Sean to face the hardest questions, they're left wondering if something could have been done differently to change the outcome of their lives. Shay Bourne is a construction worker sitting on death row, convicted of murdering June's husband and daughter. When Shay learns that June's only surviving child is in desperate need of a heart transplant, he volunteers his own heart to save her. One morning, a gunman opens fire in a women's reproductive health clinic, taking everyone inside hostage.
The novel follows the story of each person trapped inside, from a nurse who risks her life to save a wounded woman, to a pro-life protestor disguising herself as a patient. Delia Hopkins is a missing persons' investigator who lives a simple life in New Hampshire with her young daughter and her search-and-rescue bloodhound.
As Delia begins planning her wedding, she starts having flashbacks to a life she can't remember, and when a police officer brings her staggering information, Delia's life is turned completely upside down.
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