A Map of Heaven - A Soulful Novel About Faith, Art, and What Truly Matters When Time Runs Out: A novel about the courage it takes to say yes to life when death seems easier

Elizabeth is thirty-four years old, a painter, and she has four weeks to live.The diagnosis is inoperable. The doctor is kind but honest. And Elizabeth, sitting in a hospital bed with her fountain pen and her Moleskine journal, makes a decision: she is going to Paris.What begins as a last, desperate act of courage becomes something far stranger and more beautiful than Elizabeth could have imagined. In Paris she meets a mysterious doctor with secrets of his own, and receives an unsigned note tucked into the frame of a painting: Would you like to save your life? There is a map of Heaven, of sorts. Paris would be a great place to start.And so the journey begins — through the art-filled corridors of the Musée d'Orsay, through dreams that carry her across centuries. She stands with Joan of Arc on a battlefield. She walks through an endless garden maze where lost souls search for each other. And through it all, she begins to understand what she has been painting toward her whole life, what she has been afraid to want, and what it might cost her to finally choose to live.A Map of Heaven is a novel about the courage it takes to say yes to life when death seems easier. It is a love story, a spiritual journey, and an exploration of art, forgiveness, and the God who leaves clues for those willing to follow them.For readers of C.S. Lewis, Marilynne Robinson, and The Shack — and anyone who has ever stood at the edge of their own life and wondered if it was too late to begin.700 pages. An eternal romance.From the bestselling author of Mrs. Tuesday’s Departure, A Map of Heaven is an unforgettable testament to the transformative power of facing our fears and finding our way back to the light. Read more