This book was very emotional for me and I will remember it for a long time. The writing was powerful and thought provoking.
Many thanks to Penguin Group and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

This is a tough story. A mother, Mara, who is losing control of her life due to Huntington’s Disease and contemplating ending her life to save her husband and young daughter from having to see her digress more and more. Then there is Scott, a soon to be father who has taken temporary custody of a troubled young boy only to have to have return him to his mother soon. Neither of these topics are light and fluffy. This is a bold and thoughtful story that is honest in telling the story of these two people and their families. Julie Lawson Timmer is extremely talented in the care she takes in dealing with these tough topics.

I loved that there was two separate plot lines that were connected only through an anonymous on line support community. Although each character was fighting their own battle, their own way, they were strangely tied together. I was cheering for each one throughout the entire story. There were also many times I was in tears, scared for where the story was heading. This was a very emotional story.
I could not stop reading. I wish I had read this with my book club as I can already here the conversations that we would be having and the heated discussions that would happen. Five Days Left is not a book that I will forget about anytime soon.