Such a good book
Such a good book
By: Julie Lawson Timmer ISBN: 9780399176272 Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: 6/7/2016 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars A special thank you to Penguin and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Julie Lawson Timmer returns following her heart-wrenching debut, Five Days Left, ...
Hallo ich bin Mara, bin glücklich verheiratet und Mein Mann und ich haben zusammen ein wundervolle 5 jährige Tochter. Uns geht es gut, ich bin als Anwältin in einer Kanzlei tätig und mein Mann ist Hautarzt. Wir leben in einem wunderschönen Haus und es könnte uns nicht besser gehen. Bis zu dem Zeitpu...
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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