Five Days Left
"A beautifully drawn study of what is at risk when you lose control of your own life. Unique, gripping, and viscerally moving--this impressive debut novel heralds the arrival of an extremely talented writer." --Jodi Picoult, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Storyteller" and "Lone Wolf"...
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"A beautifully drawn study of what is at risk when you lose control of your own life. Unique, gripping, and viscerally moving--this impressive debut novel heralds the arrival of an extremely talented writer." --Jodi Picoult, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Storyteller" and "Lone Wolf" Destined to be a book club favorite, a heart-wrenching debut about two peopl
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ISBN:
9781410473226 (1410473228)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 561
Edition language: English
4.5 star readImagine you only have five days left to say goodbye to a loved one. Now imagine two different families in this situation. One family resides in Michigan and includes two foster-parents and a young boy about to be returned to his biological mother after a year. The other family resides i...
There is so much depth to Five Days Left that it is difficult to capture everything vital in a few short paragraphs. Both Scott and Mara are in the process of undergoing a radical change in their lives, and while a terminal illness and the loss of a foster child may not seem like they would have muc...
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher, and it's really a 3.5-star for me. The five days left title refers to a deadline in two different story lines: one is a woman (Mara) suffering from Huntington's disease who has decided to end it all on her terms in five days (despite having a...
Words like "wonderful" and phrases like " I loved it" seem somehow wrong. Both of those things are true, but there is so much bittersweet emotion that these words seem like the wrong descriptors for this book. Five Days Left tells two tales, the stories of two people who know each other only in t...
I was given an ARC of this to review through Penguin Books First Reads program. I didn't love it. I didn't know a lot about it going in, thought it might be what I call "mom lit.", which is not really my thing, but figured I'd try it anyway. You never know, right? The novel opens with the first line...
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