Book
Five days left
Record details
- ISBN: 039916734X
- ISBN: 9780399167348
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Physical Description:
344 pages ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2014]
- Copyright: �2014.
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| Subject: | Farewells Fiction Families Fiction Terminally ill Family relationships Fiction |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | TIMME J (Text) | 33126019904972 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A terminally ill career woman, wife and motherâand a middle-school foster parent whose 8-year-old boy is about to return to his former inmate motherâtraverse the last five days they have to say goodbye to their loved ones. A first novel. 100,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Mara Nichols, a terminally ill career woman, wife, and mother, and Scott Coffman, a middle-school teacher whose eight-year-old foster son is about to return to his former inmate mother, traverse the last five days they have to say goodbye to their loved ones. - Penguin Putnam?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.â ?Jodi Picoult, New York Times?bestselling author of Leaving Time
Destined to be a book club favorite, a heart-wrenching debut about two people who must decide how much theyâre 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 boyâs 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. - Random House, Inc.
âA beautifully drawn study of what is at risk when you lose control of your own life. Unique, gripping, and viscerally movingâthis impressive debut novel heralds the arrival of an extremely talented writer.â âJodi Picoult,New York Timesâbestselling author of Leaving Time
Destined to be a book club favorite, a heart-wrenching debut about two people who must decide how much theyâre 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 boyâs 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.