THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS

Dawn is thriving as a mom and wife with a fulfilling career when a plane crash leaves her second-guessing everything. Patti Murin admirably narrates this complex novel, providing a strong yet pleasant voice for Dawn at this crossroads. Dawn's early adulthood as an Egyptian archaeologist took a sudden turn many years before when she returned home to her dying mother and stayed to become a wife and death doula. But her own near-death experience results in deep yearning for her former life in Egypt--and her true love, a British colleague. Murin portrays his smarmy superiority and eventual commitment to Dawn with a light accent. The novel's extensive details about quantum physics and Egyptology are interesting rather than cumbersome, thanks to Murin's conversational narration. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2020]