Five Days Left

By: Julie Lawson Timmer

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne

“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 people who must decide how much they’re willing to sacrifice for love.

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 while the boy’s mother serves a jail sentence. Scott and Mara both have five days left until they must say good-bye to the ones they love the most.

Through their stories, Julie Lawson Timmer explores the individual limits of human endurance and the power of relationships, and shows that sometimes loving someone means holding on, and sometimes it means letting go.

Loved it!

This was a great story. You will find yourself questioning what you would do if faced with this situation.

Get out the tissues

Wonderful story but be forewarned. Tears are to be expected. Still, worth listening to for sure!

wonderful & touching

this was such a good book, it made me cry and laugh, I wish the author had written about how the husband reacted when he realized what his wife had done.

Hard to find the words

I loved this book from beginning to end.. I couldn't stop listening! I didn't cry as much as others but once or twice I had to reach for Kleenex.. As a diabetic mother who wants to foster children, I related to the characters. The words were so well written rant I felt like the author was reading my mind! Simply phenomenal, a gem of a find!!

Heartbreakingly beautiful!

This book had me at the first sentence. After reading Lisa Genova's book Inside the O'Briens which deals with Huntingtons disease, I stumbled upon this book by an author I had never heard of. Five Days Left takes you deeper inside the mind and soul of a person with a debilitating disease. The second story at takes place during the book is also very touching. I loved this book and cannot wait until the author writes her next one! I would highly recommend this book!