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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"At age fifty-five, Meg's life is too filled with loss for her to remember what magic feels like. All she has left is a yard brimming with plants that are wilting in the scorching Iowa summer--and a bone-deep feeling that she's through with living. Meg has something else too: a bottle of mysterious pills, given to her years ago by an empathetic doctor. He promised that they would offer her dying mother a quick, painless end in exactly twenty days. Though her mother never needed them, Meg does. But a strange thing happens after Meg swallows the little green pearls . . . Now that she's decided to leave this world, Meg is rediscovering the joy in it. She sheds everything she no longer needs--possessions, regrets, guilt--and reconnects with those she cares for. Finally confronting the depth of her grief, she's learning that love runs deeper still. But is it too late to choose to stay?" --<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"A book to hold against your heart long after the last page is turned."</b><br> <b><i>--New York Times</i> bestselling author Susan Wiggs</b><br> <b> </b><br> <b>This warm and heartfelt novel will appeal to avid followers of Reese's Book Club picks. <i>Twenty</i> captures the provocative moral questions presented in the works of Jodi Picoult but with a hint of mystical wonder. </b><br> <b> </b><br> <b>What happens when you decide to go...right when you finally learn how to live again....</b> <p/> <b><i>"Along with naming me Marguerite after her favorite daisy, Mama gave me three things: Red hair that hasn't faded. A love of nature. And a belief that somewhere between heaven and earth there is magic."</i></b> <p/> At age fifty-five, Meg's life is too filled with loss for her to remember what magic feels like. All she has left is a yard brimming with plants that are wilting in the scorching Iowa summer--and a bone-deep feeling that she's through with living. <p/> Meg has something else too: a bottle of mysterious pills, given to her years ago by an empathetic doctor. He promised that they would offer her dying mother a quick, painless end in <i>exactly twenty days</i>. Though her mother never needed them, Meg does. But a strange thing happens after Meg swallows the little green pearls . . . <p/> Now that she's decided to leave this world, Meg is rediscovering the joy in it. She sheds everything she no longer needs--possessions, regrets, guilt--and reconnects with those she cares for. Finally confronting the depth of her grief, she's learning that love runs deeper still. But is it too late to choose to stay?<br> <b> </b><br> <b>"<i>Twenty</i> reminds us to live with our hearts wide open even when they've been broken, and how to love even when it hurts<i>."</i></b><br> <b><i>--</i>Julie Cantrell<i>, New York Times </i>and<i> USA Today </i>bestselling author of<i> Perennials</i></b><br> <b> </b><br> <b> "Written with such strong and heartfelt faith in the magic and power of never-ending love, it will renew your own."<br> <i>--</i>Judy Reene Singer, author of <i>In the Shadow of Alabama</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Debra Landwehr Engle</b> is the bestselling author of <i>The Only Little Prayer You Need</i> and <i>Let Your Spirit Guides Speak</i>. She is the co-founder of a women's program of personal and spiritual growth, teaching classes in <i>A Course in Miracles</i>, and offering courses and workshops worldwide. Debra lives with her husband, Bob, in Madison County, Iowa, home of the famed covered bridges. <i>Twenty</i> is her first novel.

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