Five Days Left

Julie Lawson Timmer (Get this book)
Timmer's emotional debut about saying goodbye should come with a box of tissues.Scott Coffman has five days until the little boy he's been caring for returns to his birth mother; Mara Nichols is five days away from killing herself before Huntington's disease can steal her independence. The two meet anonymously in an online therapy forum, and although their paths never cross in real life, Timmer deftly compares their shared dilemmas of when and how to let go. As Scott and Mara wrestle with ethical questions, the answers they find are both relatable and debatable.The characters are so affecting it's tough to make it to Day 5. An authentic and powerful story.--Kirkus