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Mara Nichols is a successful lawyer, devoted wife, and adoptive mother who has received a life-shattering diagnosis. Scott Coffman, a middle school teacher, has been fostering an eight-year-old boy whose mother is serving a jail sentence. Scott and Mara both five days left until they must say good-bye to the ones they love the most. Their stories explore both the individual limits of human endurance and the power of relationships.,
About the Author
Julie Lawson Timmer grew up in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, and graduated from McMaster University before earning a law degree from Southern Methodist University in Texas. By turns, she is an author, lawyer, mom/stepmom and fledgling yogi. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband, their children, and two dogs. FIVE DAYS LEFT (Putnam 2014) is her first novel. Her second is UNTETHERED (Putnam 2016) , and MRS. SAINT AND THE DEFECTIVES (Lake Union, 2017) is her third.
www.julielawsontimmer.com
