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Five Days Left
Amy Einhorn: Putnam. Sept. 2014. 352p. ISBN 9780399167348. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780698140868. F
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A successful attorney, happily married wife, and mother to a beautiful adopted five-year-old daughter, Mara Nichols has led a charmed life. Then she is diagnosed with debilitating, degenerative, and deadly Huntington's disease. Her case progresses so rapidly that she's soon suffering from memory loss, physical tics, and incontinence. She ultimately sets a date to end her life and now has five days left in which to prepare herself, tidy her affairs, and say goodbye to her loved ones, including her friend Scott Coffman, a schoolteacher Mara met on an online forum for adoptive parents. Scott is facing a goodbye of his own, to the eight-year-old boy he's fostered and fallen in love with and who is due to return to his biological mother—in five days.
VERDICT Told in the alternating voices of Mara and Scott, Timmer's debut novel packs a powerful punch. Absorbing, deeply affecting, and ultimately uplifting, it heralds the arrival of an author to watch. Perfect for fans of thoughtful, controversial fiction such as Lisa Genova's Still Alice, Elizabeth Berg's Never Change, and Kristin Hannah's Night Road. [See Prepub Alert, 3/17/14.]
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