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When Char Hawthorne's husband dies unexpectedly, she is left questioning everything she once knew to be true: from the cozy small town life they built together to her relationship with her stepdaughter, who is suddenly not bound to Char in any real way. Untethered explores what bonds truly form a family and how, sometimes, love knows no bounds.Char Hawthorn, college professor, wife and stepmother to a spirited fifteen-year-old daughter, loves her family and the joyful rhythms of work and parenting. But when her husband dies in a car accident, the "step" in Char's title suddenly matters a great deal. In the eyes of the law, all rights to daughter Allie belong to Lindy, Allie's self-absorbed biological mother, who wants to girl to move to her home in California.
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
